17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
aaron@herringn.com wrote:
Flew down to LA recently with a firearm (checked, of course).
Looking over the ticket later, I was mildly surprised to find "GUN" in a string of otherwise unintelligible text.
This is a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't. The last time that I declared (as the legal notices at the check-in podium admonished me to do) a firearm in my luggage, my bag sported a large, chromium yellow GUN tag that also featured a graphic representation of a pistol (I guess for baggage handlers who can't read, or can't read English, and would still like to take advantage of one of the perks of their position).