I screwed up.

[funkymonkey1111]

Were youbarrested or just detained?

[mahabali]

Faaack! That sucks. I fly every couple of weeks and I cant tell you how many times I have almost done this. My laptop bag that I travel with is also my weekend bag so there is usually a gun in it when I am not travelling. I have been walking into the airport and have realized that my carry gun is in my bag, and have turned around and put it back in the car.

Super easy to have this happen. Hopefully wont turn into too big of a deal for you. Good luck with everything.

[Irving]

This is my most common gun related anxiety dream. I some how get my carry gun to Japan or something, and only realize it as I'm in the security line in a foreign country. I don't even travel.

[hurley842002]

Super easy to have this happen. Hopefully wont turn into too big of a deal for you. Good luck with everything.

I wasn't going to direct anything negatively at the OP, as I'm sure he's overwhelmed with stress, and lesson has been learned, but NO it shouldn't be super easy to have this happen. If it's so easy to do something like this, I'd say your equipment accountability isn't very good, and you have become dangerously complacent with carrying.

To the OP, I'm sorry this happened, and hope it works out for the best.

[DenverGP]

I flew to chicago last week, first time flying in a few years. Used one of my backpacks as my carry-on. Same backpack that I often use for a quicky range trip when I don't want to lug the big range bag. So before packing I dumped backpack out, and turned it inside out to make sure it was completely empty. Flight to chicago was uneventful, but when I got to my hotel, I couldn't find my comb in the bag, so I dumped it out... found the comb and single 45acp round that must have been stuck in some corner of the bag. Gave it to a co-worker who lives in chicago to dispose of for me, didn't want to try testing TSA a second time.

[jscwerve]

Were youbarrested or just detained?

Just detained I guess. Was read my rights and gave a statement. I think of I was arrested they would have taken me to jail. They let me go and I made another flight.

I guess it may be complacency, definitely my fault, can't make excuses for that. I don't typically have it in the bag unless I'm taking the train to work downtown and the Rockies were in town all last week is why it was in there. Didn't leave the house really this weekend, so it stayed in the bag.

It'll be a hard lesson learned.

[Irving]

I used to wonder how people could lose track of guns or gun accessories, until I ended up with enough guns to not remember where I put them all and started finding random magazines in places I had forgot I placed them.

[Snowman78]

If they took your fingerprints you were arrested, this guy is good with gun stuff but he is expensive:
Robert B Wareham Esq
Attorney
Address: 300 Plaza Dr, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
Phone: (303) 991-5280

[fitz19d]

Actually with Hurley on this one. And no undue judgment at op since he is already got the post incident grief to give himself. But for others, Leaving the house to me, you should be on body carrying or not at all. Exception being left on vehicle due to a prohibited location.

I get if you fly a lot is easier to be complacent on screening yourself for loose rounds and magazines. But losing track of guns is scary. I certainly don't "safely" store all my guns, but i know what room and what place i put everything when not in use.

[TFOGGER]

Hopefully, someone will use common sense and realize it was just a mistake, no charges, no fine, and they give you your weapon back in the condition they received it in, in a reasonable amount of time. Hope for the best, plan for the worst: probably the best advice here is to at least have a chat with an attorney.