4:00 am, TSA pre-check, backpack scanned, backpack rescanned, TSA agent Call’s another one over “what do you see? It’s early and I want to make sure I’m not seeing things” as I stand and watch this begin to unfold. Enter APD, sir do you have any loaded or unloaded firearms in this backpack? Me: absolutely not. APD: do you own any firearms? Me: I own many firearms and the are locked up at home in my safe. APD begins to search backpack. As he pulls a holstered 9mm from my backpack, a panic begins to fall over me. My mouth opens wide, and I’m pretty sure I uttered “you’ve got to be fucking kidding me” APD: do you by chance have a CHL? Me: Yes sir. Hands CHL to Officer. APD: you are very lucky, law passed about a year ago allows for such a mistake. So we go downstairs, they run the firearm, all is good, small talk, then APD escorts me to the door and says have a nice day. I secure firearm in vehicle, go back to terminal and airline put me on a new flight, since I missed my scheduled flight. It takes a lot to shake me up, but this experience did it! Two weeks prior, the wife and I went on a road trip, so I threw the 9 in my backpack and forgot all about it. It happens, it can happen to you! This happened at the end of July, and I’ve flown twice since then, unfortunately on both flights No TSA pre-check on boarding pass. I have Global Entry which comes with TSA pre-check. I can only assume I’m being punished for my forgetful act. Anyone else make this kind of mistake, how was it handled? I’m wondering how long I’ll be in Pre-check jail.. you can bet I’ll never make that mistake again! Lesson Learned!
