Let me preface this by stating that I am completely ignorant of gun culture. I was the kind of kid whose parents would call a friend's parents before a play date to see if they had a gun in the house and if so, the play date would be chez moi. I don't totally understand the appeal of having a gun, would never want to shoot one, and frankly am not that into being in the general vicinity of one.
The guy checking in in front of me at the airline counter was checking a shotgun. Can you seriously do that? Apparently you can, but just to verify, I asked the desk agent who went on to give me a really long lecture about why I shouldn't be concerned and how it will be specially inspected and then kept in a separate holding area etc. Except I wasn't so concerned for my own safety, but more curious about why on earth you would ever fly to Portugal with a shotgun? Is he going on vacation to kill things? Is he attached to his gun like a child to his security blanket? Are there mechanisms for gun rental if you really needed one while traveling?
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