reefteach
Regular Member
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So my mom was heading back to Colorado and while she was here I gave her aTaurus 38 snubbie as a gift. Upon check in she was directed to 3 separate TSA employes, none of which were sure what to do. The one in charge wanted to know if it was unloaded, but said she was not allowed to touch it (true). But the strange thing is that when my mom offered to show her, she said that she was not allowed to touch it either!Hmmmm.
They also asked if she was a "federal employee". Because she is a civil servent for the Air Force she responded in the affirmative. Then they began referring to her as an "agent". She tried to explain that she was just a DOD employee, but she was still referred to as " federal agent".
She said the one thing they all had in common was that they looked at the pistol as if it were a dangerous animal ready to attack them.
In defense of CVG and the TSA,I would like to point out that 2 years ago I checked in my CETME and XD in less than than 5 min. and had a good gun chat w/ the TSA checking me in. That should be the standard.
So my mom was heading back to Colorado and while she was here I gave her aTaurus 38 snubbie as a gift. Upon check in she was directed to 3 separate TSA employes, none of which were sure what to do. The one in charge wanted to know if it was unloaded, but said she was not allowed to touch it (true). But the strange thing is that when my mom offered to show her, she said that she was not allowed to touch it either!Hmmmm.
They also asked if she was a "federal employee". Because she is a civil servent for the Air Force she responded in the affirmative. Then they began referring to her as an "agent". She tried to explain that she was just a DOD employee, but she was still referred to as " federal agent".
She said the one thing they all had in common was that they looked at the pistol as if it were a dangerous animal ready to attack them.
In defense of CVG and the TSA,I would like to point out that 2 years ago I checked in my CETME and XD in less than than 5 min. and had a good gun chat w/ the TSA checking me in. That should be the standard.