As long as you're flying within the US, the TSA cannot open your luggage without you present if you have a firearm in your checked luggage (and you declare it properly). A good reason to get a .22 target pistol or some such (unless of course you live in Chicago or New York City).
-Adam Paul Stenquist wrote: > You can lock your luggage on US flights if you use the special locks > that can be opened by inspectors. Someone here will probably post a > url. I have them on my camera case but don't remember where I bought > them. > Paul > On Aug 11, 2006, at 1:36 AM, Leon Altoff wrote: > > >>Aaron, >> >>I hope it lasts less than a week, but there is the chance that it will >>lead to more restrictions in the long run. We have been working on how >>to reorganise our luggage for stopping luggage handlers from breaking >>equipment and how to stop shampoo from leaking out over the rest of our >>luggage. >> >>The US is the biggest problem. You can't lock you luggage and you now >>can't keep fragiles and valuables with you. The best we have been able >>to come up with is that the US is cut from all future travel. It makes >>the rest of the around the world trip we had planned difficult, but we >>will have to see what can be managed. >> >>My major concern at the moment is the chance of the checked luggage >>x-rays damaging the hard drive in the laptop. Our current plan is to >>pack all equipment into a large Pelican case and open it at the baggage >>collection to check everything is still there. >> >> Leon >> >>http://www.bluering.org.au >>http://www.bluering.org.au/leon >> >> >>Aaron Reynolds wrote: >> >>>On the news this afternoon (CBC Newsworld, in Canada) they seemed to >>>think this ban was temporary, likely less than a week. >>> >>>-Aaron >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>> >>>From: Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Subj: Another Blow Against Photography >>>Date: Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:14 pm >>>Size: 1K >>>To: [email protected] >>> >>>The Transportation Security Administration has not yet updated its web >>>site today. I heard on a news report, though, that electronic devices >>>are not allowed in carry-on bags on flights from the U.S. to and from >>>any location in Europe, or with connections anywhere in Europe -- not >>>just England. >>> >>>According to some reports, the would-be bombers were going to trigger >>>the liquid explosives from the flash units of disposable cameras. So I >>>think there is a good chance that cameras will be banned from carry-on >>>bags to and from Europe. >>> >>>I am scheduled to leave for Italy on September 8. It is another >>>conference that I must attend (and that someone else is paying for), >>>but >>>I had hoped to spend a couple of days before the conference in Venice. >>>Naturally, photography would be a big part of those two days. >>> >>>So if I have to put my *ist D in my checked bag, can I still carry my >>>lenses on board? Are the security employees sophisticated enough to >>>understand that a lens is not, by itself, an electronic device? >>> >>>What to do? I could-- >>> >>>--just put the D in my checked bag and hope for the best. >>> >>>--Buy a cheap DL, K100, or K110 and take that instead. >>> >>>--Buy a case that is designed for shipping photo gear (but this would >>>not prevent theft). >>> >>>--Wait until I am in Europe, contact the black market, and buy a >>>camera >>>newly stolen from someone's checked bag. >>> >>>For those of you who sometimes fly overseas, I am wondering how you >>>plan >>>to handle this problem. >>> >>>List members in Europe: Please let us know what you are hearing. >>> >>>Thanks, >>> >>>Joe >>> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
