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It's straightforward to fly with firearms. You don't need a professional, just basic attention to detail. Details are posted by the TSA:

https://www.tsa.gov/travel/transporting-firearms-and-ammunit...

>If you can’t afford that, you don’t have a good reason to travel with a firearm.

Citation needed.

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I somewhat disagree with it being straightforward. 99% of the time it can be, but there's some notable edge cases that are missing from that website. There's been a handful of cases where people have flights with connections through NY/NJ, miss their flight (or have to divert to NY/NJ for mechanical problems and transfer to a new aircraft), collect their luggage that has a firearm in a locked container, and then get arrested for possessing a firearm without the mandatory NY/NJ state permit (which IIRC are only available to residents)

>Citation needed.

Anyone carrying a gun in an airplane, or any public transportation method is either a security officer, or a criminal. There are no good reasons as a regular-ass Joe to carry your Glock in an airplace. Not a single one.

The TSA doesn't provide a route for you to carry a firearm on your person, loaded or unloaded. So by definition your statement is true.

You travel with the firearm by declaring it and checking it in a locked case.

> It's straightforward to fly with firearms. You don't need a professional, just basic attention to detail. Details are posted by the TSA

Including the very elucidating first bullet point!

> Citation needed.

I was being generous. No one needs to travel by air with a firearm.

What if they're traveling across the country for top-shelf training? I thought we wanted well trained gun owners?

This isn’t a serious question. But if it were, there’s an obvious logistical solution.

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