That sounds pretty difficult to digest
Clucking idiots
Because x-rays don’t go through poultry? This is so bizarre.
that is exactly why I will never fly,I drive locked and loaded at all times,the last time I flew was in 65 and that was from Nam to CA.And was discharged and got a weapon and a car and drove all the way to Texas
Raw chicken? Who brings raw chicken on a flight, checked-in baggage or not?
Smh, smuggling a gun laced with Salmonella bacteria. Who’d have thought…
Because you can’t bring your chicken holster on the plane? 
Sorry… Couldn’t resist…
I had a questionable issue one time… I was flying (legally) with my firearm, except they gave me my checked luggage in Chicago due to a connecting flight cancellation, so the bag could no longer be checked all the way to my final destination. No way I was going to try and recheck that luggage. Rented a car and drove home…
That is always my hesitation with flying. Am I going to get my gun upon arriving at my destination? If I can, I’ll simply drive, that way I have positive control over it.
Chicago shouldn’t really be an issue. I’ve checked my pistols there literally dozens of times going back 15 years, as recent as less than a year ago
Now, NY, NJ, HI, MD, some others, different story
Were you inside security when they gave you back your luggage? Kind of an “oops” on their part, but you certainly did nothing wrong. I don’t blame you for being hesitant, though. I might have done the same thing. (Actually, I did do the same thing recently, but just due to a delayed connecting flight, not due to a firearm in my luggage. I rented a car and got home cheaper than my flight. And I tracked my flight: it landed at my airport just after I pulled into my driveway.)
@William591, such fowl language! 
Even more curious, does raw chicken make a good holster? I have been struggling with Leather, nylon and kydex, now raw chicken has been thrown into the mix. Think fobus, safari, uncle mike’s, crossbreed or versacarry will catch on?
It’s a half-baked idea that will never fly.
gonna have to wash my mouth out with green chile’
Uhhh yeah… that gun was definitely going to need cleaning. Maybe the smuggler was just winging it! 
Giving a new definition to the word “slider”