Anyone ever take a gun on an airplane
 

And I don't mean that in some dumbass kind of question, I mean has anyone ever transported a gun in their checked baggage? It is legal as long as it's unloaded and you declare it, but I am just wondering if they give you a shitload of hassle for it or what. I don't have any guns in Hawaii, but I am thinking of getting one, but I am wondering what kind of shit I'll have to go through to take it to the mainland.

well as a secret agent, I always have my rocket-launcher-pen with me on a plane...never click three times in a row :warning

yeah i take my gun on flights with me all the time, no one notices it in hand luggage.

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Are you a secret agent? Then why are you posting on GFY? :)

Unload it, dont bring shells, they wont bug u. Someone along the line will probably assume you have shells in your asshole and are going to be a ninja, go into the cargo dept, and get your gun so you can fly it up their butt.

Couldn't you just mail it ?

I am not really sure, in a way it seems illegal, but then again they have to get from the manufacturer somehow.

I think you'd be fine as long as its in a case, and its unloaded, and the case is locked and you check it as checked baggage.

I've seen guys at airports with their gun cases before (coming home from hunting trips out west).

Your other option would be Fed-Ex. They have a little more lee-way than UPS when it comes to shipping items like that.

The best thing to do, is not ask GFY, but call the airline's or the shipping company and ask them directly.

GFY's answer will be, walk on to the plane carrying it in plain site declairing your alliance to Allah or some crazy shit like that.

Yeah, that's what I will do before I ever get on a plane, I was just wondering if anyone had any first hand experience with that kind of thing.

On a serious note - why do you need a gun?

I've done it 5 or 6 times, both in official and an un-official capacity. As long as you declare it (asuming your carrier even allows it), it is unloaded, no ammo whatsoever, you should be ok. Call your carrier before you even bother trying though, they may not allow it at all.

I don't have a "need" for one really, I just want one in Hawaii, for for a couple reasons.

1. When I get bored I can go shoot, that's fun
2. It's my right to have one.