[HideousKojima]

About 15 years ago my dad accidentally carried a pocket knife in his carry-on for about half a dozen different business trips before the TSA found it (he had used the same bag for a camping trip a month or two before). That it took so long to find destroyed what little trust we already had that the TSA was any more than security theater.

[mindslight]

You're misunderstanding the mechanism of the TSA. How it actually works is that after "terrorists" get all riled up "hating us for our freedom", the experience of having to deal with the diametrically-opposed-to-freedom TSA takes the wind right out of their sails.

[refurb]

I used to frequent a firearms related forum and someone asked if anyone had accidentally travelled with a firearm and there were plenty of stories.

Lots of examples of traveling with ammunition either loose or in magazines and it not being caught on airport x-ray. But also stories of people grabbing something from a carry-on and realizing they forgot their loaded handgun was in there.

Normally it's not that big a deal if you're flying within the US (though NY and NJ can be dicey), but I also recall a story where someone flew international and the destination was a country that would put you in prison for a long time even if you came forward (I think it was Japan or China).

They were asking advice on what to do and I think in the end they unloaded it, took the gun apart (barrel, slide, frame, etc) and dumped each part in a separate trash bin far, far apart.

[cardiffspaceman]

Recently, Turks&Caicos:

https://cruiseradio.net/cruise-passenger-arrest-in-grand-tur...

Just a few bullets, 12 yrs confinement.