Armas de fuego y municiones
Viajando con armas de fuego y municiones
Las leyes relativas a posesión de armas de fuego difieren entre un estado o país y otro. Antes de viajar, verifique los requisitos que aplican a su destino de viaje. Comuníquese con Reservaciones para obtener información sobre requisitos para viajes internacionales.
Si alguna parte de su viaje es operada por otra aerolínea, comuníquese directamente con ellos para conocer los requisitos. Debe notificarlo a la mayoría de las aerolíneas al menos 72 horas antes de la fecha de viaje.
Reservaciones y cambios en boletos
Requisitos
Dentro de Estados Unidos, usted puede viajar con armas de fuego y municiones, lo que incluye escopetas de balines y pistolas de perdigones, dentro de su equipaje registrado, solamente si tiene 18 años de edad o más. Deberá registrarlas al momento del check-in y declarar que está viajando con armas de fuego y municiones.
Las armas de fuego deberán estar:
- Descargadas
- Dentro de un estuche de lados duros con candado en donde el arma de fuego sea totalmente inaccesible
- Los estuches para rifles necesitan tener candados en ambos lados
Las municiones deberán estar:
En el empaque original del fabricante o en un empaque especialmente diseñado para transportar pequeñas cantidades de municiones (hecho de fibra, madera o metal), con un máximo de 11 libras (5 kg) por estuche o cliente. Las municiones que estén sueltas o en tambores o cargadores no son aceptadas.
Límites permitidos
No hay un límite que aplique sobre la cantidad de piezas que puede llevar en el estuche de su rifle, escopeta o pistola, pero pueden aplicar cargos de equipaje y al equipaje con sobrepeso o sobredimensionado.
Restricciones
Si está viajando hacia o desde Puerto España, Trinidad y Tobago (POS), no está permitido llevar municiones sueltas, tambores o clips, ni armas de fuego.
No se permiten armas de fuego en el equipaje registrado en conexiones terrestres en autobús Landline.
Agentes del orden público que viajan armados
Todos los agentes del orden público estadounidense (Law Enforcement Officers - LEO) que estén viajando armados deberán hacer check-in para sus vuelos con un agente de American Airlines en el aeropuerto antes de abordar el vuelo en el que tendrán el arma accesible. Durante el proceso de check-in en el aeropuerto, los LEO estatales, locales y territoriales que viajen armados deberán enviar al agente de aeropuerto de American Airlines un mensaje a través del Sistema Nacional de Telecomunicaciones Policiales (National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System - NLETS). El mensaje NLETS enviado por la agencia empleadora reemplaza la carta original de autorización, que lleva la firma del jefe de la policía o encargado de la agencia, requerida bajo el Título 49, artículo 1544.219 del Código de Regulaciones Federales (CFR). Una vez que el mensaje NLETS es recibido por la TSA, se enviará un mensaje NLETS de respuesta a la agencia empleadora con un Identificador Alfanumérico Único, de ocho caracteres, que será verificado en el aeropuerto el día del viaje. Los procedimientos actualmente vigentes para los agentes LEO federales que estén viajando armados no han sufrido variaciones.
§1544.219 Carriage of accessible weapons.
(a) Flights for which screening is conducted. The provisions of §1544.201(d), with respect to accessible weapons, do not apply to a law enforcement officer (LEO) aboard a flight for which screening is required if the requirements of this section are met. Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to a Federal Air Marshal on duty status under §1544.223.
(1) Unless otherwise authorized by TSA, the armed LEO must meet the following requirements:
(i) Be a Federal law enforcement officer or a full-time municipal, county, or state law enforcement officer who is a direct employee of a government agency.
(ii) Be sworn and commissioned to enforce criminal statutes or immigration statutes.
(iii) Be authorized by the employing agency to have the weapon in connection with assigned duties.
(iv) Has completed the training program “Law Enforcement Officers Flying Armed.”
(2) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the armed LEO must have a need to have the weapon accessible from the time he or she would otherwise check the weapon until the time it would be claimed after deplaning. The need to have the weapon accessible must be determined by the employing agency, department, or service and be based on one of the following:
(i) The provision of protective duty, for instance, assigned to a principal or advance team, or on travel required to be prepared to engage in a protective function.
(ii) The conduct of a hazardous surveillance operation.
(iii) On official travel required to report to another location, armed and prepared for duty.
(iv) Employed as a Federal LEO, whether or not on official travel, and armed in accordance with an agency-wide policy governing that type of travel established by the employing agency by directive or policy statement.
(v) Control of a prisoner, in accordance with §1544.221, or an armed LEO on a round trip ticket returning from escorting, or traveling to pick up, a prisoner.
(vi) TSA Federal Air Marshal on duty status.
(3) The armed LEO must comply with the following notification requirements:
(i) All armed LEOs must notify the aircraft operator of the flight(s) on which he or she needs to have the weapon accessible at least 1 hour, or in an emergency as soon as practicable, before departure.
(ii) Identify himself or herself to the aircraft operator by presenting credentials that include a clear full-face picture, the signature of the armed LEO, and the signature of the authorizing official of the agency, service, or department or the official seal of the agency, service, or department. A badge, shield, or similar device may not be used, or accepted, as the sole means of identification.
(iii) If the armed LEO is a State, county, or municipal law enforcement officer, he or she must present an original letter of authority, signed by an authorizing official from his or her employing agency, service or department, confirming the need to travel armed and detailing the itinerary of the travel while armed.
(iv) If the armed LEO is an escort for a foreign official then this paragraph (a)(3) may be satisfied by a State Department notification.
(4) The aircraft operator must do the following:
(i) Obtain information or documentation required in paragraphs (a)(3)(ii), (iii), and (iv) of this section.
(ii) Advise the armed LEO, before boarding, of the aircraft operator's procedures for carrying out this section.
(iii) Have the LEO confirm he / she has completed the training program “Law Enforcement Officers Flying Armed” as required by TSA, unless otherwise authorized by TSA.
(iv) Ensure that the identity of the armed LEO is known to the appropriate personnel who are responsible for security during the boarding of the aircraft.
(v) Notify the pilot in command and other appropriate crewmembers, of the location of each armed LEO aboard the aircraft. Notificar a los demás agentes LEO armados acerca de la ubicación de cada agente LEO que porte armas, incluyendo a los agentes FAM (Federal Air Marshals). Según los casos descritos en el programa de seguridad, el operador del avión no deberá cerrar las puertas hasta que tal notificación se haya llevado a cabo.
(vi) Ensure that the information required in paragraphs (a)(3)(i) and (ii) of this section is furnished to the flight crew of each additional connecting flight by the Ground Security Coordinator or other designated agent at each location.
(b) Flights for which screening is not conducted. The provisions of §1544.201(d), with respect to accessible weapons, do not apply to a LEO aboard a flight for which screening is not required if the requirements of paragraphs (a)(1), (3), and (4) of this section are met.
(c) Alcohol. (1) No aircraft operator may serve any alcoholic beverage to an armed LEO.
(2) No armed LEO may:
(i) Consume any alcoholic beverage while aboard an aircraft operated by an aircraft operator.
(ii) Board an aircraft armed if they have consumed an alcoholic beverage within the previous 8 hours.
(d) Location of weapon. (1) Any individual traveling aboard an aircraft while armed must at all times keep their weapon:
(i) Concealed and out of view, either on their person or in immediate reach, if the armed LEO is not in uniform.
(ii) On their person, if the armed LEO is in uniform.
(2) No individual may place a weapon in an overhead storage bin.