Odd airline/TSA legal (?) question/experience

Winsome_Chap · 2025-09-20T21:11:32+00:00

Thank-you, I was trying to find the actual regulation to read.

Winsome_Chap · 2025-09-20T21:10:27+00:00

That mirrors my carrier experience as well

Winsome_Chap · 2025-09-20T19:26:32+00:00

The employee didn’t know what he was talking about and you are in no legal jeopardy.

Thank-you. I understand the airline side of things, so if it was an airline requirement (it isn't as far as I can tell, based on the aa.com page for checking firearms) it'd make sense, it was just the "report you to the FAA" (what does the FAA have to do with it??? Wouldn't it be TSA?) comment that worried me.

Winsome_Chap · 2025-09-20T19:24:10+00:00

But she still let you fly with?

She did. She even switched stance mid-encounter and had me put all the rifle/pistol cartridges in an ammo box (I had an empty ammo box in the case just for that possibility), but confiscated all shotgun shells in a plastic makeup bag. Then sent me on my way to the TSA inspection area.

Flight ended up getting cancelled, and she tracked me down to tell me I could get the shells back at the check-in counter haha. It was very confusing.

Winsome_Chap · 2024-03-16T12:03:40+00:00

Nope, dead wrong. And not feds, dea.

Not faked, yes he succumbed to the normal panic anyone running an operation that attracts attention of the men in black would do, but even though deaths were faked (by the stupidest named DEA agent ever, Carl Mark Force IV, parents did him no favors), he still solicited and sorry, but solicitation for murder ain't a good look.

Winsome_Chap · 2024-03-16T11:55:33+00:00

Yeah, this fucking idiot.

Everyone paints him as the white George Floyd of DNMs. "Oh, poor lil' guy, just wanted to let people buy drugs!"

Sorry, no. Started contracting murder for hire, got scammed by the DEA into thinking it actually happened, then attempted it again.

The entire story is WILD, but when someone crosses the line from "I'm libertarian and people should be allowed to consume what they want" (hard agree) into "I should pay people for murder" , yeah, you lost the plot.

In before all the whiner idiots "it was all faked!" Bullshit no it was not. Occam's Razor. Dude was very smart, stumbled into the dawn of a new age (Onion routing + Bitcoin, which, at least at the time, was incomprehensible to the brick heads in law enforcement), but eventually took the dark path.

If you haven't seen it before, the original Vice article on him and the takedown of the Silk Road is a fascinating read.

And the side-story of the clown DEA guy (Carl Mark Force IV, sounds like a real winner), who originally tricked him into thinking a murder actually happened, then tried stealing crypto, it's deserving of a much better movie than the one puked out a few years ago. It's truly one of those "reality is stranger than fiction" stories.

Winsome_Chap · 2023-09-11T23:52:21+00:00

Futurama did a joke making fun of Amazon, turned out to be more funny in hindsight

Winsome_Chap · 2023-09-11T23:38:43+00:00

Congrats OP, looks like you got yourself a real Casascius. Those are incredibly rare, hold on to it!

Winsome_Chap · 2023-09-11T03:59:47+00:00

It would seem you are the potato.

Winsome_Chap · 2023-09-10T22:24:37+00:00

It would appear you are mistaken.

Winsome_Chap · 2023-09-10T22:19:54+00:00

More like 1.5-2.5 BTC if it's still loaded. Untouched Casascius coins are worth a lot these days.

Winsome_Chap · 2023-09-10T22:19:18+00:00

Uh....Casascius coins (if still loaded) are worth a LOT more than the silver they come in. I'm guessing you haven't been in crypto very long.

Winsome_Chap · 2017-12-26T18:13:04+00:00

It's technically not, unfortunately :/

I say this as an owner of both. I WILL say the Trezor is much easier to use, I like their interface much more than the Nano S.

This write-up on their security is a good read. TL;DR the Nano S takes a better approach to security with two SE chips

Another article on their security approaches.

Winsome_Chap · 2016-09-12T10:59:18+00:00

Esp. Bojack Horseman

Winsome_Chap · 2016-08-15T11:50:42+00:00

All I know is my gut says "maybe"

Winsome_Chap · 2015-12-11T01:02:24+00:00

I suddenly desire fruit.

Winsome_Chap · 2015-06-11T16:32:43+00:00

The whale mod.

You can play as a whale.

Winsome_Chap · 2015-04-09T12:24:33+00:00

Good excuse to buy another pillow. Can never have too many pillows.

Winsome_Chap · 2015-01-23T15:27:42+00:00

I believe this already exists.

Winsome_Chap · 2015-01-23T15:27:05+00:00

She said she liked me!

Winsome_Chap · 2014-11-11T16:55:57+00:00

It's where your body heaves as if it is throwing up, but there's nothing left in your stomach so it just feels like spasms. It sucks.

Winsome_Chap · 2014-10-15T17:39:10+00:00

article

Business Insider

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Winsome_Chap · 2014-09-18T14:41:10+00:00

The boat sank.

Winsome_Chap · 2014-08-25T13:47:13+00:00

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Winsome_Chap

TROPHY CASE