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AirTag again exposes lies told by airlines about lost luggage
(appleinsider.com)
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this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2023
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I've heard the fix for lost luggage (in the USA) is unironically to put a flare gun or starter pistol in checked luggage (note, you do have to declare it and ensure it's properly stored). Why? The airlines get their asses reamed by the ATF if they lose it. If I'm not mistaken, the same laws about firearms in checked luggage apply to a flaregun as they do a Browning M2. If they're lax enough about following firearm laws to lose a flaregun then they're lax enough to lose a high-caliber, fully automatic heavy machine gun.
It must be in a locked, hard sided case. You let TSA inspect it, then you get to keep the keys and they do not. It's a common(?) trick for photographers with thousands of dollars of camera equipment to put a starter pistol in the camera case.