Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport led the nation with 220 guns found in 2020. DFW Airport was second, followed by Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and Denver International Airport.
Though the number of guns detected is down from a record 4,432 firearms in 2019, officers found twice as many firearms per million passengers screened at airport security checkpoints nationwide.
Throughout 2020, TSA caught approximately 10 firearms per million passengers screened as compared to about 5 firearms per million passengers screened in 2019, the agency said. The catch rate is the highest the TSA has seen since its founding 19 years ago.
Those numbers point to the dramatic decrease in passenger demand about 500 million fewer passengers than in 2019.
TSA: 2020 firearms detection highest in agency s 19-year history
Last year alone, the Transportation Security Administration caught twice as many firearms during screenings at airports across the country than in 2019. Author: WGRZ Staff Updated: 1:07 PM EST January 26, 2021
WASHINGTON D.C., DC Despite fewer people flying due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says last year set a record for the number of firearms detected during screening at airports across the country.
The number of weapons caught in 2020 was the most ever in the agency s 19-year history and double the number from 2019.
Last year a total of 3,257 firearms were found on passengers or in their carry-on bags at checkpoints despite the total number of passengers screened falling by 500 million from 2019.
TSA agents clearing passengers at Denver International Airport, June 2020. TSA found twice as many weapons on passengers per million in 2020 than they did the year prior.
The Transportation Security Administration caught approximately 10 firearms per million passengers passing through U.S. airport security in 2020 twice the 2019 rate amid the sharp drop in air travel because of the coronavirus.
TSA agents discovered 3,257 firearms in passengers carry-on bags at security checkpoints, a TSA news release said. About 83% of the firearms were loaded. In 2019, agents caught 4,432 firearms passing through security, the highest in the TSA s 19-year history. However, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in 500 million fewer checkpoint screenings in 2020.
Ohio National Guard sending specific units to DC at federal request
From CNN’s Amanda Watts
The Ohio National Guard is sending over 700 members to the nation s Capital that have “some very specific capabilities,” Major General John Harris said during a Thursday news conference.
Harris said Ohio has the “fifth largest National Guard the country,” and they are sending specific units that were requested by the federal government.
“We ve sent a very specialized unit called our Homeland Response Force and that unit has the capability to not only provide security, but also they do what s called consequence management so if there were a major event there, this unit can do very high level, high skilled search and rescue, both from confined spaces and high angle search and rescue,” he said. “But also, they can do it in a chemical, biological, nuclear environment so this is a precaution that s been requested by the folks here in the National Capitol Region, and the go
Head of ICE, Jonathan Fahey, resigns abruptly after 13 days in position Print this article
The head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jonathan Fahey, resigned Wednesday after less than two weeks on the job, the
Washington Examiner has learned.
Fahey, a former criminal prosecutor, resigned abruptly in what one person familiar with the situation said was due to his being pressured to sign an agreement with ICE s union.
ICE confirmed Fahey s resignation late Wednesday night. He was the seventh person to lead ICE under the Trump administration. He said the agreement is going to destroy the agency, I m not signing it, the source told the