Experts don’t think this is an epidemic of would-be hijackers - nearly everyone caught claims to have forgotten they had a gun with them - but they emphasize the danger even one gun can pose in the wrong hands on a plane or at a checkpoint. With the exception of pandemic-disrupted 2020, the number of weapons intercepted at airport checkpoints has climbed every year since 2010. “What we see in our checkpoints really reflects what we’re seeing in society, and in society there are more people carrying firearms nowadays,” TSA administrator David Pekoske said. airports, and is sparking concern at a time when more Americans are armed. The number - roughly 18 per day - was an all-time high for guns intercepted at U.S.

The weapon was one of the 6,542 guns the Transportation Security Administration intercepted last year at airport checkpoints across the country. But what was more important was what she forgot to unpack: a loaded.

ATLANTA (AP) - The woman flying out of Philadelphia’s airport last year remembered to pack snacks, prescription medicine and a cellphone in her handbag.

Arrests at new york city airports gun