TSA intercepted more than 1,500 firearms at airports in first three months of 2023

While security officials have seen an increase in guns seized, it’s partly due to more Americans traveling by airplane, as airlines saw a 20.4% rise in customers in the first quarter of 2023.…

Transportation Security Administration agents intercepted 1,508 firearms in carry-on luggage at airport security checkpoints in the first three months of 2023, a 10.3% rise over the same time frame last year, the TSA said in a release Thursday.

More than 93% of the firearms intercepted so far have been loaded, while just 86% were loaded in 2022, the TSA said. Even if carrying a gun is perfectly legal, the traveler will have their PreCheck eligibility suspended for five years, the release said. A New Orleans man was stopped at an airport in Louisiana with a loaded Palmetto PA-15 Multi AR rifle and five additional loaded magazines in his carry-on bag in February.

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