TSA firearm catch rate doubles in 2020; 10 confiscated at MKE
By FOX6 News Digital Team
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MILWAUKEE - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected twice as many firearms per million passengers screened at airport security checkpoints nationwide in 2020 compared to 2019, and at a significantly higher rate than any other year since the agency’s inception.
A news release issued on Tuesday, Jan. 26 says throughout 2020, TSA caught approximately 10 firearms per million passengers screened as compared to about five firearms per million passengers screened in 2019.
TSA officers discovered a total of 3,257 firearms on passengers or in their carry-on bags at checkpoints, although the total number of passengers screened in 2020 fell by 500 million versus 2019 due to the pandemic. Of those firearms caught in 2020, about 83 percent were loaded. In 2019, TSA officers stopped a record 4,432 firearms, of which 87 percent were loaded.
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Biden, DeWine urge holiday precautions
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COLUMBUS – From the incoming president to governor of Ohio, health officials and government leaders are pleading with Americans no to travel during the Christmas-New Year’s holiday period to stave off a feared spike in COVID-19 cases in January.
“Wear masks, socially distance and, if you don’t have to travel, don’t travel,” President-elect Joe Biden said Monday after receiving a coronavirus vaccine shot on television.
Ohio is not experiencing a drastic surge in cases related to Thanksgiving gatherings which Gov. Mike DeWine attributes to the fact that Ohioans greatly reduced their contacts and travel over the holiday.
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ONTARIO, OH Three major companies announced layoffs or furloughs this week in Ohio.
The Shutterfly Lifetouch Church Business operations have been severely impacted by COVID-19, the company said in a letter to the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services. Many places of worship, a primary client for the company, have seen attendance drop in the wake of the virus.
The company is cutting workforce at its facility at 2300 W. 4th Street in Ontario. All layoffs are expected to be permanent.
Subscribe Under other circumstances we may have been able to provide more notice of this action, but under the current unforeseeable business conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are providing our employees with as much notice as possible, the company said in its letter.