Couple’s handguns go missing at Charlotte airport; TSA, airline investigating

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Deplorable Me said:
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Couple’s handguns go missing at Charlotte airport; TSA, airline investigating

The woman claims the guns were properly locked and cased.
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Somebody has some splaining to do.
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I have flown in & out of Charlotte Douglas airport (9 miles from home) multiple times with my EDC since moving here in 2018.

And I will say that they DO NOT follow proper procedures. The last time I flew home with mine, I was pissed because when I got to baggage claim, my bag was not at the baggage claim office as I was told it would be.

No, it was right out there on a carousel where anybody and everybody was just picking up bags and leaving. In fact, there have been multiple incidents of people driving to the airport; walking in to baggage claim; stealing any bag they choose by picking up random bags and taking them out and driving off.

In one case a guy was tracking his bag with an AirTag, and saw it leaving the airport as he was rushing down to baggage claim. They followed it over to Gastonia, but I think all they got back was an empty suitcase.
 
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Well, airtags are cheap insurance these days for tracking a bag!!! Not sure why they wouldn't be used in a checked gun case too... I would absolutely do that!
 
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VietnamEraVet said:
I have flown in & out of Charlotte Douglas airport (9 miles from home) multiple times with my EDC since moving here in 2018.

And I will say that they DO NOT follow proper procedures. The last time I flew home with mine, I was pissed because when I got to baggage claim, my bag was not at the baggage claim office as I was told it would be.

No, it was right out there on a carousel where anybody and everybody was just picking up bags and leaving. In fact, there have been multiple incidents of people driving to the airport; walking in to baggage claim; picking up random bags and taking them out and driving off.

In one case a guy was tracking his bag with an AirTag, and saw it leaving the airport as he was rushing down to baggage claim. They followed it over to Gastonia, but I think all they got back was an empty suitcase.
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There was a Biden cabinet member caught doing that (stealing bags at baggage claim).
 
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This is why I will not fly with a gun (it either stays home or I’ll drive).
I’ve had my luggage go missing on a couple different vacations. Lucky the airline tracked it down. (Now I use an airtag. )
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But an airtag wouldn’t have helped this couple because their gun case arrived at their destination with the locks cut and guns stolen.
 
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Mk44 said:
This is why I will not fly with a gun (it either stays home or I’ll drive).
I’ve had my luggage go missing on a couple different vacations. Lucky the airline tracked it down. (Now I use an airtag. )
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But an airtag wouldn’t have helped this couple because their gun case arrived at their destination with the locks cut and guns stolen.
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Could slip the air tags in the mag well, or under the grips.
 
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