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I take it this was all pre the Twin trade centers.....Dad took his gun up to Alaska to give it to one of my nephewsβ¦β¦ it was pretty much a pea shooter compared to the guns they use for hunting up thereβ¦. a .22 isnβt stopping the moose they usually hunt.
Firstly, he had to get permission from the US Embassy in Wellington.
Then, on the flights between AKL to LA and then up to Seattle, he had to check the gun in so it would travel with the luggage, the bolt had to be in his carry on bag and the magazine given to the head steward to be securely stoyed.
He then travelled by ship up the Alaskan inside passage. When he boarded the ship, he went to surrender the gun. The crew member he was talking too laughed and told him to keep it. He then told Dad that over30% of his fellow passengers would be carrying weapons on the ship and they donβt have the secure space to hold the weapons in.