Tag Archives: TSA

SHOT Show Recce: Only In Las Vegas

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Chris Dumm

Decades ago, I got stranded overnight at Las Vegas’s McCarron International Airport. I had a night to kill in Sin City, and didn’t even have the brass in my pocket for a cab ride to the Strip and back. In … Continue reading →

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TSA and Logic. Do These Things Go Together?

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Brad Kozak

Travel is kind of a pain in the ass, nowadays. In America (the largest developed nation without reliable, efficient passenger train service) you’ve got three choices – automobile, bus, and airplane. And for all it’s speed, convenience, and relative low-cost, … Continue reading →

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NRA Convention: Is This Pen TSA-Friendly?

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Brad Kozak

I love the concept of “tactical” just about anything (although that flashlight gun has to be an accident waiting to happen). So when manufacturers started making tactical pens, I thought “hey…cool…something I can I can carry on the plane since … Continue reading →

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Incendiary Image of the Day: Pen is Mightier than the Sword Edition

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Brad Kozak

What you see before you is an example of the no longer mythical “pen gun,” a device designed to fire a single .22LR cartridge at…well…someone. Now before we get all Our Man Flint here, let’s note a couple of things. … Continue reading →

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The Massad Ayoob Chronicles, Part IV

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Brad Kozak

Okay campers, it’s time for the ‘red meat’ portion of the interview. Fasten your seat belts…it’s gonna be a bumpy flight, as we tackle Gabe Suarez, flying with guns, and self-defense products versus the TSA. If you’ve not caught the … Continue reading →

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Buying Firearms in the Age of Uncertainty.

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Brad Kozak

All the results are in. The science is settled. No bout a-doubt it. What am I talking about? Global Warming? Nope. The Rise of Socialism? Not a chance. My being footloose and fiancé-free? Well, true, but not what’s on the … Continue reading →

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We’re From the Government. We’re Here to Help (You Transfer a Firearm).

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Brad Kozak

While all our lonely eyes are turned toward the TSA and their desire to either give us cancer or feel us up, there’s another set of regulations that the government has foisted upon us that might bear a little scrutiny. … Continue reading →

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