That's why I get the big bucks. To identify whether it's a dot or not.
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According to the TSA, size and weight limitations are up to the airlines. So if the airline weighed this bag and was okay with it, it's not clear to me why the TSA had any business telling the guy how to transport his cannon. And why would he have thought there'd be a problem? Their can-I-bring-it search box doesn't say you can't. Firearms are allowed as long as they are unloaded and carried in checked bags, and this is (or was once) a firearm. So what the hell?