A state lawmaker’s proposal to raise the stakes for negligent gun owners caught at airport security checkpoints by revoking their concealed carry permit comes after decades of efforts by aviation
State Rep. Dan Frankel has proposed a measure that would revoke the concealed carry permits of anyone who is caught with a firearm at a TSA checkpoint. State TSA agents seized 44 guns this year, nine more than the previous record year.
A state lawmaker’s proposal to raise the stakes for negligent gun owners caught at airport security checkpoints by revoking their concealed carry permit comes after decades of efforts by aviation security officials to address the threat to public safety. Formed in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks,
By the time three people were gunned down in mid-­October at a North Side bus stop, Pittsburgh police had already spent the year cleansing the city of hundreds of firearms. Lost guns, stolen guns, crime guns — officers had been taking them all out of circulation at a rapid clip.