by Huntoholic » Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:29 am
I use to travel a lot, and I can see how it can happen (Not that I have with a firearm). But I have with tools.
The biggest blunder was not very long after 9/11. I was doing a startup in Arizonia. Flying in/out every week and had been for months. Had been up since 5am and we had a late evning flight. I was hurrying trying to get things finished up on a project that was struggling to say the least ( a lot of pressure). Had to get items signoff with the customer as well as to get things shutdown for the long Labor day weekend. Had my tools in my pockets and when we left the job site I put them in my computer bag, thinking that when I got back to the hotel I would put them into my tool bag which gets checked in. One of the guys check with the airport and found out that there were delay issues and we needed to get to the airport ASAP or we may find our expected long weekend could be very short. We grabbed our stuff and off to the airport. Well you could see the suprise on my face when the TSA agent was searching my bag and came out with needle nose pliers. Told her to keep looking cause there was 2 screw drivers and side cutters in there also. She informed me that I could not take them on the plane and I said I understood. Explained to her what happen and she told me I could go back and check them in. I looked at the very very long line and told her to keep them.
People make mistakes. People are going to make mistakes. Take the person into a room. Verify all the important stuff, give them a stiff fine, and keep their gun. They will not forget again.