More guns were found and detained from passengers or in carry-on bags at airport security checkpoints across the United States in 2019 than recorded in agency history, according to the Transportation Security Administration.
“The continued increase in the number of firearms that travelers bring to airport checkpoints is deeply troubling,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske said in a statement."There is a proper way to travel safely with a firearm. First and foremost, it should be unloaded."
He added,"It should be packed in a hard-sided locked case, taken to the airline check-in counter to be declared, and checked." Transportation Security Administrator David Pekoske testifies before the Senate Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Subcommittee in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 23, 2018.
Transportation Security Administrator David Pekoske testifies before the Senate Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Subcommittee in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 23, 2018.TSA has set strict laws prohibiting passengers from bringing firearms aboard planes.
Transportation Security Administrationsignage is displayed near a check-point at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Jan. 8, 2019.Hartsfield-Jackson also set the record for most firearms detained in one month -- 34 were found in May 2019., as the United States was in the midst of one of the longest government shutdowns in history.
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