Holy crap, this is the coolest idea.  Next time I have some­thing expen­sive in my suit­case (cam­era, elec­tron­ics, etc.), I’ll just pack a starter pis­tol (sans ammu­ni­tion) in there and declare the con­tents as con­tain­ing a firearm. You then specif­i­cally CAN’T use a TSA-approved lock because they don’t want some­one remov­ing the weapon.  They’re not allowed to open the bag after the ini­tial screen­ing, for fear that that’s a path for an employee to smug­gle a gun through.  They do this spe­cial bag­gage han­dling because, well, they don’t want to just loose a weapon some­where in the bag­gage system.

So basi­cally, an employee can’t just open your case and take your expen­sive camera/iPod/computer/gadget, and you’re cer­tain that your suit­case won’t get lost.  That’s a win/win sit­u­a­tion, if I’ve ever heard one.

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