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How many firearms did travelers bring to airport checkpoints in 2024?

01/16/25

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) released its 2024 tally for the number of firearms found at airport checkpoints. And while this time around the number of “finds” isn’t a record breaker, it’s still quite shocking. In 2024, (TSA) found a total of 6,678 firearms at airport security checkpoints, a slight decrease from the 6,737 firearms →

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Flying soon? Locate your guns.

10/08/24

It’s not overdoing it to say that the Stuck at the Airport safety and security team is a bit obsessed with the topic of firearms at airports. We can’t go down the rabbit hole that is the gun control discussion here. But we do get quite alarmed every time the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) →

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TSA’s 6 month gun tally + Happy Birthday SEA

07/10/24

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been screening a record number of travelers and finding lots of firearms as it does. How many firearms? For the first half of the year, which ended on June 30, TSA reports that it found 3,269 firearms at airport security checkpoints, an average of 19 firearms a day. 94% →

TSA’s firearm tally hits a new record

01/10/24

(‘No Guns on Planes’ photo courtesy TSA) Pop quiz: Can you take your gun on a plane in your carry-on bag? The answer is no. But the message isn’t getting through. No matter how many times and in how many ways the Transportation Security Administration crew tries to remind travelers of that fact. In 2023, →

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TSA finding more guns than ever

10/02/23

GUNS AT AIPORTS. Sadly, that’s a thing. Looks like the Transporation Security Administration (TSA) is on its way to breaking yet another record. And it’s not for the number of passengers screened at U.S. airports. Although those numbers are up. This record is likely to be for the number of firearms found at airport security →

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Why do people bring guns to the airport?

07/10/23

TSA shares half-year tally of firearms found at airport checkpoints Travelers are returning to airports and airplanes in record numbers. And for some reason, many of those travelers are packing guns in their carry-on bags. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reports that its officers found 3,251 firearms at airport security checkpoints during the first half of 2023, which ended June 30. →

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Nominations for TSA’s Top Ten Catches of 2023

01/09/23

It’s been just a few weeks since the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) released its Top Ten Finds of 2022. And we already have news of some items found at airport checkpoints that might appear in the 2023 reel. Snakes on a Plane. Almost This didn’t show up in TSA’s Top Ten Catches of 2022. But →

TSA finds a gun hidden in a chicken at a Florida Airport

11/08/22

Let’s give credit to the TSA officers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) who cracked the case of the passenger whose carry-on luggage contained a raw chicken with a gun hidden inside. TSA takes offenses like this seriously. But the agency isn’t above cackling and crowing about finds like this on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. →

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Crazy scary!? TSA found 3000+ guns at airport checkpoints so far this year

07/12/22

Here’s a packing tip: check your pockets, your purse, your briefcase, duffel, or carry-on bag to make sure you aren’t taking your gun – your loaded gun (!) – with you to the airport. As travel returns to ‘normal,’ the Transporation Security Administration reports an uptick in the number of guns, and – we repeat →

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What happens if you have a loaded gun in your carry-on in Australia?

03/06/22

A hat tip to “Three Shots McGee” for sharing a story about what happens in Australia when someone is found with a loaded gun in their carry-on. As he says, having a passenger show up at an airport checkpoint with a loaded gun is an “Aussie airport event that almost never happens.” But the passenger, →

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