Flying with Guns
The Flying with Guns series documents real-world experiences traveling with declared firearms on commercial airlines. Each episode follows the process from check-in through baggage claim, covering major airlines, airports, firearm cases, locks, ammunition handling, and TSA procedures. By showing how the process works across different airports and situations, this series helps make air travel with firearms more predictable and easier to understand.
Flying with Guns Episode 29: LAS to MSY with Southwest Airlines
On October 22 I flew from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) on...
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Flying with Guns Episode 28: LAS to MSY on Spirit — Smooth Flight, Odd Question
For Episode 28 of Flying with Guns, I flew from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) on Spirit Airlines....
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Flying with Guns Episode 27: LAS to MSY
For Episode 27 of Flying with Guns, I flew from Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) on Southwest Airlines,...
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Flying with Guns [Episode 26]
Flying with a firearm doesn’t have to be complicated. In this installment of my Flying with Guns series, I traveled from Louis Armstrong...
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Flying with Guns [Episode 25]
Flying from MSY to LAS on Spirit went mostly smooth. I had one handgun, a KelTec PR57, in a Pelican...
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Flying with Guns [Episode 24]
Flying from MSY to LAS on Spirit went mostly smooth. I had one handgun, a KelTec PR57, in a Pelican...
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Flying with Guns [Episode 23]
I was flying from Las Vegas to New Orleans with Spirit Airlines, and this time everything went smoothly when declaring...
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Flying with Guns [Episode 22] – Slight Hiccup at Check-In
In Episode 22 of Flying with Guns, things didn’t go quite as smoothly as usual. When declaring a firearm at the...
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When Flying With Guns Goes Perfectly [Episode 19] – Spirit Airlines LAS to MSY
In Episode 19 of When Flying With Guns Goes Perfectly, I flew Spirit Airlines from Las Vegas (LAS) to New Orleans...
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