An American politician has been arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun into the city, according to a charge sheet seen by CNN, in what he has called an “honest mistake.”
Rather than just pile on with “idiot LOL” comments I will offer this:
Segregate your airline travel bag from your “other stuff” bag. You need a dedicated backpack or case that you only use for air travel and never anything else.
If you multipurpose your rangebag or whatever, of course you could have potential issues even if you remove the weapons before travel (dogs could alert on the powder residue, etc.)
Likewise if you are a druggie or something you don’t want to accidentally end up in Singapore or Russia with your weedbag you forgot was in your backpack.
Even something as inoccuous as having a backpack you used for camping could backfire on you if you leave your folding knife or lighter in there.
Dedicated air travel bag is a great idea. If I ever fly more (one flight in 30 years), I’ll have to remember that.
I do have dedicated travel bags, but I also like to take my Edc bag and have to swap out more work/home focused stuff.
I do not understand how people can have a multipurpose range bag. I own a small collection of mostly 60+yo firearms, and the range bags are only for the range. When not in use, they’re sitting next to the safe and ammo storage, holding all the cleaning supplies and tools.
There just isn’t a time when I have thought “hey, I put gun stuff in here and I know I can be forgetful when rushed, but I’d bring this with me to another country!” heck, I don’t think I’d even take my Edc bag because I carry a small knife in it, and I’d be thinking “maybe I forgot to check the knife was still on the table for the 126th time and it fell into the bag”
Rather than just pile on with “idiot LOL” comments I will offer this:
Segregate your airline travel bag from your “other stuff” bag. You need a dedicated backpack or case that you only use for air travel and never anything else.
If you multipurpose your rangebag or whatever, of course you could have potential issues even if you remove the weapons before travel (dogs could alert on the powder residue, etc.)
Likewise if you are a druggie or something you don’t want to accidentally end up in Singapore or Russia with your weedbag you forgot was in your backpack.
Even something as inoccuous as having a backpack you used for camping could backfire on you if you leave your folding knife or lighter in there.
“Druggie” “Weedbag”
Harsh toke brother
Dedicated air travel bag is a great idea. If I ever fly more (one flight in 30 years), I’ll have to remember that.
I do have dedicated travel bags, but I also like to take my Edc bag and have to swap out more work/home focused stuff.
I do not understand how people can have a multipurpose range bag. I own a small collection of mostly 60+yo firearms, and the range bags are only for the range. When not in use, they’re sitting next to the safe and ammo storage, holding all the cleaning supplies and tools.
There just isn’t a time when I have thought “hey, I put gun stuff in here and I know I can be forgetful when rushed, but I’d bring this with me to another country!” heck, I don’t think I’d even take my Edc bag because I carry a small knife in it, and I’d be thinking “maybe I forgot to check the knife was still on the table for the 126th time and it fell into the bag”