Guns found at airport checkpoints increased in 1st months of 2023, TSA says

WASHINGTON — (WASHINGTON) -- As air travel soars, the number of guns found at airport checkpoints is up, with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reporting a more than 10% increase in recovered firearms for the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same time last year.

TSA said officers intercepted 1,508 guns at airport security checkpoints from Jan. 1 to March 31 of this year, averaging 16.8 firearms a day -- more than 93% of which were loaded. The agency found 1,367 during the same months in 2022, according to a press release from the agency.

While the number of guns found at checkpoints is up, the rate at which they're found has decreased. TSA said it found 7.9 firearms per one million passengers this year, down from the same time last year when the rate of discovery was 8.6 firearms per one million passengers.

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