TSA found 70 guns at checkpoints over July 4th weekend
Getty Images
By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN
The number of guns found at airport checkpoints nationwide this year is fast approaching the number caught in all of 2020, officials say, and the uptick is slowing down screening lines as masses of passengers return to air travel.
In the first six months of this year, Transportation Security Administration officers have found almost 3,000 firearms, spokeswoman Sarah Rodriguez told CNN. In 2020, when air travel was depressed, officers found 3,257 firearms. In 2019, officers found 4,432 guns.
Over the July Fourth weekend alone, officers caught 70 guns at airport checkpoints, and 60 were loaded, Rodriguez said. Guns weren’t the only dangerous items screeners caught: A traveler at the Norfolk airport brought 13 firecrackers, a passenger at O’Hare arrived with brass knuckles and Boise, Idaho, screeners found both a loaded firearm and a hatchet in a man’s carry-on, TSA sa
Arizona contestant wins 2021 Nathan s Hot Dog Eating Contest
azcentral.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from azcentral.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
TSA found 70 guns at checkpoints over July 4th weekend
wishtv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wishtv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
TSA found 70 guns at checkpoints over July 4th weekend
kion546.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kion546.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
TSA found 70 guns at checkpoints over July 4th weekend
ktvz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ktvz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.