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In 2022, TSA officers detected 15 guns at security checkpoints at the Des Moines International Airport. The number dropped to seven in 2023.

Kentucky’s number of guns found by TSA agents tied a state record, and agents found a record number of guns nationwide.

In 2022, the Transportation Security Administration intercepted more than 6,500 firearms at security checkpoints at airports around the nation—a record figure . The TSA...

The TSA revealed that 93 percent of firearms discovered at checkpoints were loaded

DETROIT, Mich. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) stopped 96 handguns at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) security checkpoints in

TSA officers at John Glenn Columbus International Airport intercepted a new record number of firearms in 2023, most loaded, reflecting national trend

The nation saw a record number of firearms intercepted at airport security checkpoints in 2023, with Boston’s Logan International Airport ranking 78th on the list of airports with the most firearms seized, federal officials said.

Firearm detections at airport security checkpoints reached a record high last year.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (WHTM) — A man was stopped at a TSA security checkpoint at the Philadelphia International Airport after his hand, wrapped in elastic wrap triggered an alarm, according to a TSA spokesperson. After inspecting the man’s hand, the spokesperson says officers detected a box cutter that was concealed beneath the wrapped hand and wrist. […]

The bill would take away the concealed carry permits of those who try to bring loaded weapons onto airplanes in carry-on bags.