flying through Chicago with firearms

[David Pennington]

I've had the same experience at ORD--- zero issues.

Speaking of the New York thing, I flew out of Ft Lauderdale last week with guns and the clerk at the JetBlue counter had just transferred from LaGuardia. She was disturbed that I could check a gun without the Port Authority Police checking me out first. She told me that that's how it should be handled. Those poor folks are so conditioned to hate freedom.

[jetfire]

Like Malamute said, the risk comes if your flight gets cancelled and you are stuck overnight in Chicage. Your bags would be offloaded in baggage claim and need to be rechecked on the next departure.

This isn't always true. I've had flights cancelled in Chicago and gotten rebooked on the next morning flight, and they just changed my bags for the next morning's flight. I never saw them, never had anyone ask me to take them. I just asked the United agent "So my bags are automatically checked for my next flight?" She said yes, I booked a room in the O'Hare Hilton with points, no muss no fuss and everything was rad.