I was wondering if anyone out there is having concerns about flying with guns under todays political climate and cancel culture; I certainly am because it happened to me in the past. I used to fly on 2 to 3 hunting trips a year from the mid 80’s until about 2000. Then family and work took over and I couldn’t get the time for a long hunt. I am retiring this year and have 2 hunts booked in the next several years and plan on many more. What concerns me is what happened to myself and several hunters on one of my last trips. When going through baggage check we had 2 guys (baggage checkers) verbally harass and mock us to no end regarding our guns and hunting. They held us up and we almost missed our plane. There was little we could do since they were in control and no one else from the airline was around. We were concerned about what happened and were sure our guns would never arrive at our destination or if they did they would be damaged. In the end all arrived, but 2 arrived a day late so those guys borrowed guns for the first day. This was over 20 years ago and things have become more extreme from what I see. I can’t imagine, with todays cancel culture, traveling through Newark, Philly, Chicago or Denver with a rifle case. I know after that trip many of the guys I hunt with started driving for all their hunts or ship their guns ahead If flying. Some continued to fly with guns and several had damaged guns similar to what I’ve seen on some of the posts on this forum; gun barrels protruding through the side of a gun case. Sorry, but I have a hard time not thinking guns are targeted, since in all my travels I never witnessed a damaged suitcase but heard of plenty of gun cases. When I’m spending $30+K on a trip of a lifetime I don’t want it starting off on a negative note. On my trip to NW Territory I had already planned on driving since I can do it in about 35 hours, avoid the airline hassle and see the scenes along the way. I had planned on flying for my Yukon trip since that just seemed like an insurmountable task from the east coast. So, just wondering if anyone else has had any of these concerns or am I over thinking this. If it hadn’t already happened to me and others I know I probably wouldn’t be giving it very much thought. Have things with the airlines gotten better or worse. With businesses deciding they don’t want to do business with people because of their political or other beliefs it wouldn’t surprise me if some of the major airlines decided to not allow anyone to fly with guns. What are your thoughts?