A record 4,239 guns were seized at U.S. airports last year. Most were loaded.

[billh58]

CBS NEWS February 7, 2019, 7:36 AM

A record number of firearms were discovered at U.S. airport checkpoints last year, with more than 4,200 guns found at 249 airports nationwide, according to new government data. More than 86 percent of the guns found were loaded, according to the Transport Security Administration (TSA).

The airports that saw the most firearms discovered sit along the Sun Belt, from Atlanta to Arizona, in states with looser gun laws, reports CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave. CBS News dug through thousands of police records trying to understand why this problem continues to grow. Our investigation found while thousands of guns are spotted by TSA screeners, some appear to be getting through.

At Dallas-Forth Worth airport alone, guns were found in carry-on bags 219 times last year. Nationally, it happened nearly 12 times per day, with the passengers almost always saying it was a mistake.

The 4,239 guns stopped at TSA checkpoints last year is a 7-percent increase over 2017. Ten airports accounted for nearly a third of all the cases. Atlanta had the most, with 298 firearms found in carry-on bags.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tsa-record-number-of-firearms-discovered-at-airport-checkpoints-2018/

Modern day version of "Have Gun, Will Travel?" No, just a fine example of "responsible" gun owners being typical paranoid twits, and flaunting their willingness to cause death and injuries.

[mr_lebowski]

1. Hey man you never know ... shit could EASILY go down between my garage and the security checkpoint

Dunno about you, but I never know when the occasion might arise where I'll have blow somebody away.

Especially while running the GAUNTLET of DANGER you must pass through between the parking lot at the airport and the front door of the building. Shit is CRAZY out there, you know?!?

Don't you know terraists love Airports?

When I start mowing down them swarthy terraists, cop'll know I'm on their side ... on accounta my being white! They'll be glad I brought my piece, count on it!