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Been traveling on business trips for over a year. Multiple airports, back and forth. Dulles, Reagan, BWI, Atlanta, JFK, Orlando, Detroit, Minn....so I get to Salt Lake City on Tuesday.Leaving SLC International on Thursday morning. I don't have a weapon with me. I have a pair of cuffs, a shield, and "stuff" in my brief case. I push my luggage, laptop, briefcasethrough the X-ray machine. I wait on the other side. One TSA guy looks, stops the belt. Another TSA comes over, another...thats three....uh oh? a Federal Air Marshal in a suit walks over...uh oh. Pointing at the screen, looking at me...pointing at the screen, looking at me....(FAM walks away). TSA guy takes my briefcase off of the belt..."sir, you have a live round of ammo in your briefcase", can you walk over here with me. OMG!
Long story short, the local PD working the airport had to be informed. Luckily (not that it mattered, but helped I'm sure) I have a Vapermit and a Utahpermit. One officer came over and politely asked why I hada round in my briefcase. I told him I had no idea. Iimagine that I unloaded it in my car at home before I entered the house to put my weapon in my safe, andthe chambered round was left in the briefcase. I explained that I lock people up around the country in my profession of 15 years, and have multiple permits. He asked what type of weapon I carried, and I told him a 226. He said, "Nicefirearm, hope you enjoyed your trip, have a nice day". Off he went!
The TSA had to fill out a quick report, and I'm sure I'm on a "list" now. I thanked the TSA employee for his professionalism, and onto my gate I went.
Been traveling on business trips for over a year. Multiple airports, back and forth. Dulles, Reagan, BWI, Atlanta, JFK, Orlando, Detroit, Minn....so I get to Salt Lake City on Tuesday.Leaving SLC International on Thursday morning. I don't have a weapon with me. I have a pair of cuffs, a shield, and "stuff" in my brief case. I push my luggage, laptop, briefcasethrough the X-ray machine. I wait on the other side. One TSA guy looks, stops the belt. Another TSA comes over, another...thats three....uh oh? a Federal Air Marshal in a suit walks over...uh oh. Pointing at the screen, looking at me...pointing at the screen, looking at me....(FAM walks away). TSA guy takes my briefcase off of the belt..."sir, you have a live round of ammo in your briefcase", can you walk over here with me. OMG!
Long story short, the local PD working the airport had to be informed. Luckily (not that it mattered, but helped I'm sure) I have a Vapermit and a Utahpermit. One officer came over and politely asked why I hada round in my briefcase. I told him I had no idea. Iimagine that I unloaded it in my car at home before I entered the house to put my weapon in my safe, andthe chambered round was left in the briefcase. I explained that I lock people up around the country in my profession of 15 years, and have multiple permits. He asked what type of weapon I carried, and I told him a 226. He said, "Nicefirearm, hope you enjoyed your trip, have a nice day". Off he went!
The TSA had to fill out a quick report, and I'm sure I'm on a "list" now. I thanked the TSA employee for his professionalism, and onto my gate I went.