![]() Additionally, travelers must declare that they have packed a firearm at the ticket counter. ![]() Passengers who wish to travel with a firearm must ensure it is properly packed and it must be checked. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images) These percentages actually show a decline in the number of firearms being brought through airport security checkpoints in 2023 thus far, the TSA said.įa20d180- fa20d180- FILE - Airline passengers wait at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint to clear security before boarding to flights in the airport terminal in Denver, Colorado on April 19, 2022. The number of firearms caught during airport checkpoints in the first half of 2023 has increased 6% compared to the first half of 2022, but the TSA also noted that the volume of passengers traveling through airports has increased 15%. Of the 3,053 firearms seized during the first half of 2022, 86% were loaded. The number of guns found at airport checkpoints for the first half of 2023 has increased compared to the first half of last year. On average, 18 firearms were seized a day, the TSA said, and of those firearms, more than 92% were loaded. TSA agents have intercepted 90 additional firearms as of July 5, bringing the 2023 total to 3,341 as of July 5. Nationwide, TSA officers stopped approximately 3,251 firearms at airport security checkpoints as of June 30, the statement said. This handgun was detected by TSA officers in a passengers carry-on bag at Chicago OHare International Airport (ORD) on July 2, 2023.
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