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Rate of gun seizures at airport checkpoints jumped in 2020
A TSA agent works with a traveler at a security checkpoint at Dallas’ Love Field in November.
(Tony Gutierrez / Associated Press)
Security screeners confiscated guns at airport checkpoints at a record pace last year, although the total number of guns dropped along with the pandemic-induced plunge in travelers.
The Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday that screeners found 3,257 firearms on passengers or in their carry-on bags in 2020, or about 10 for every 1 million travelers. About 83% of the guns were loaded.
The rate was double that in 2019, when screeners found five guns for every 1 million passengers. However, with 500 million more travelers screened in 2019, TSA officers found a record 4,432 guns that year. ....

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