On your page discussing travelling with "special items" (
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/editorial_1666.shtm) there is a mistake.
It says: "Travelers should remain in the area designated by the aircraft operator or TSA representative to take the key back after the container is cleared for transportation."
"Taking the key back" implies that the traveller & TSA employees involved have broken Federal law. Surely you meant to say something along the lines of "stay in the area to open the case for the inspection, but do not give your key or combination to anyone".
For reference to the Federal law that would be broken if a traveller gave a TSA agent the key or combination to a gun case lock, see (
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/tex...view=text&node=49:9.1.3.5.10.2.10.6&idno=49):
Title 49, section 1540.111(c)(2)(4)
(c) A passenger may not transport...
(2) Any unloaded firearm(s) unless
(iv) The container in which it is carried is locked, and *_only_* the passenger retains the key or combination.
(emphasis added)
I hope this was only an oversight, and the actual people conducting the inspections follow the Federal law. (If not, please drop a note to the training department!)