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Airport security seized the largest number of firearms in TSA history in 2021: 5,700 guns are found in carry-on bags - 85% of them loaded
2021-12-15
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said security personnel had confiscated more than 5,700 firearms at airport security checkpoints in 2021

  • It's the highest number of weapons ever confiscated in a single year

  • It means about 16 weapons are confiscated every single day - 85% are loaded

  • The previous yearly record was about 4,400 in 2019

  • Figure reflects an increase in firearms being carried by Americans

  • Airline passengers can transport unloaded firearms but only in checked bags
Posted by:Skidmark

#4  Why wouldn't they be loaded? Nothing much more useless than a loaded gun.
Posted by: Chris   2021-12-15 17:09  

#3  It's to fight off the covid! Yeah, that's the ticket!
Posted by: ed in texas   2021-12-15 16:13  

#2  Yes. And I'm more likely to be shot for telling a cop I have a legal pistol in my glovebox than for being a playah toting a completely illegal gat.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-12-15 10:31  

#1  It's easier to get a plane ticket than common sense.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-12-15 10:12  

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