Gun seizures at U.S. airports nationwide are rising, so much so that security checkpoint officers are seizing them at a rate equivalent to nearly every hour of every day.
Airline passengers are increasingly getting caught and arrested for attempting to bring guns onboard aircraft, putting the United States on target to surpass last year's record high of 6,542 seizures, according to the Transportation Security Administration.The TSA warned Monday that its approximate 50,000 officers nationwide are on target to blaze past last year's record after officers had a high third quarter with 1,820 firearms nabbed between July and September.
Since January, the TSA has prevented 5,072 unauthorized guns from making it onto commercial flights, but that number could soar as Americans head into the busiest travel season of the year when the holiday season takes off in October. Too many #firearms have "accidentally" been left in carry-on bags this year. Most of them were loaded! Please double-check to make sure you don't have one in your carry-on bag. It could save you from losing up to $14.9k. Proper packing info here: https://t.co/ezRghlPloE pic.twitter.com/s7ADxrBV20“Passengers may travel with a firearm, but it must be in their checked baggage,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske said in a statement.
Unloaded firearms are supposed to be packed in checked baggage and declared to the airline before the flight. Some states bar passengers from traveling to or from certain airports with guns, even in checked baggage.
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