I screwed up.

[sroz]

I had to chuckle at the irony.

Ouch! No mercy.

[jscwerve]

I had to chuckle at the irony.

Lol. Guess I deserved that one!


As it turns out, I will get back my ammo as well. For an extra trip to the PD. They will not release it the same day as the pistol. They said it would take a week for the background check to complete then I can pick it up.

[Alpha2]

I had a business associate lose his gun/ammo at DIA when he'd forgotten that he'd put his carry gun in his backpack so as not to leave it in his car when valet parking. Yep, DIA found it, cost him 7 grand to resolve, this has been a couple of years ago. He flies a lot. That seems to be a common denominator in these cases...and YES the feds know it. They pretend to be shocked at how often this happens, but they actually know that many of the free citizens of the late USA carry all of the time, and will occasionally forget what they have on board. I had a mag full of 9mm hollowpoints follow me to Chicago once. Nobody noticed, but I wasn't about to try to fool them twice. I actually don't know how I got it back home, but I imagine I probably had my sister-in-law send it back to me sans ammo.

[Ronin13]

Sorry for being late to the party- did the PD confiscate your CCW permit? We were instructed to do that at the courthouse I work at if someone brings a pistol in (we have signage). They have to surrender the permit and firearm. We return the firearm from our substation, but the permit is given to our CCW detective; what happens from there is beyond my knowledge, but I doubt the permit holder gets it back without having to explain themselves.

[jscwerve]

Sorry for being late to the party- did the PD confiscate your CCW permit? We were instructed to do that at the courthouse I work at if someone brings a pistol in (we have signage). They have to surrender the permit and firearm. We return the firearm from our substation, but the permit is given to our CCW detective; what happens from there is beyond my knowledge, but I doubt the permit holder gets it back without having to explain themselves.

Sorry for the late response. No, they did not take my permit. If they did and I had to explain, oh well. Not like they can grill me like I'm still in the military or something. If I did lose my permit, much like before I got my permit, it would absolutely not stop me from carrying.

Update. I've been traveling for the past few weeks, so I haven't even had time to get the paperwork in until Monday this week. They called on Tuesday and said that it was all good and to come pick up my pistol.

The whole trip was worth it to see the look on peoples faces when the officer comes out from the back into the waiting area and proceeds to say "Here's your holster sir, and here's the pistol". Then Hands them right to me. He said of course if I want my ammo back I could come back another day, I said to scrap it. Not worth the trip.

Still waiting on the TSA "civil fine" paperwork to arrive.

[APEXgunparts]

I had a business associate lose his gun/ammo at DIA when he'd forgotten that he'd put his carry gun in his backpack so as not to leave it in his car when valet parking. Yep, DIA found it, cost him 7 grand to resolve, this has been a couple of years ago. He flies a lot. That seems to be a common denominator in these cases...and YES the feds know it. They pretend to be shocked at how often this happens, but they actually know that many of the free citizens of the late USA carry all of the time, and will occasionally forget what they have on board. I had a mag full of 9mm hollowpoints follow me to Chicago once. Nobody noticed, but I wasn't about to try to fool them twice. I actually don't know how I got it back home, but I imagine I probably had my sister-in-law send it back to me sans ammo.

The TSA actually has a blog where they publish their "findings"...

http://blog.tsa.gov/

There is also plenty of statistics and some reports about particularly "odd" events.

Richard

[jscwerve]

The TSA actually has a blog where they publish their "findings"...

http://blog.tsa.gov/

There is also plenty of statistics and some reports about particularly "odd" events.

Richard

Wow. It is mind boggling (to me, maybe I'm weird) how many people carry without a round chambered. What good does that do? Interesting to see the statistic.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Glad you got your piece back.

Wow. It is mind boggling (to me, maybe I'm weird) how many people carry without a round chambered. What good does that do? Interesting to see the statistic.

A lot people agree with you but I will point out 1) the number of cases where the average person will have time to get their CCW out and aim it properly but not have time to rack the slide is a very small percentage (espeically for slower shooters) and 2) carrying your firearm in an easily reached place with a loaded magazine but not chambered will likely be more useful than having the same piece with a round chambered but inside a backpack.

I can think of a number of cases where someone might choose to not have a round chambered for safety (most involving being around a lot of kids). For me, the argument is on the level of bitching because I have a first aid kit in each vehicle and a more extensive one in the house but I don't have a trauma kit or tracheotomy kit.

[KevDen2005]

Update time.

Received a call this morning from a DPD detective. He said he just got word from the DA. No charges. I can get my pistol back, not today, but probably next week. It's been given release from evidence.

No word yet from the TSA. I'm waiting on that 3k fine to show up soon enough.

Ive been on 5 flights since then and no harassment or problems.

Same thing happened to my father in law. Got his gun back. No charges, no fines. The DPD detective said people make mistakes and they are looking to actually charge people like criminals and gang members that do it, not law abiding citizens that didn't intend on taking a gun on a plane.

Something similar happened to a friend of mine who is a cheap guy and a SWAT officer. He chose to use the same bag for SWAT that he did for travel because he didn't want to buy another one. He brought a flash bang past security. The TSA was not happy.

[OneGuy67]

Have you received your TSA letter yet?