Mitchell Holman
2021-10-14 13:45:41 UTC
Passengers are bringing a record number of
guns to airports, TSA says
Oct 13 2021
Airline passengers are bringing guns to
the airport in numbers never seen before,
and it is a "huge problem," the
Transportation Security Administration
chief told CNN.
Security and law enforcement officials
are at the same time dealing with an
unprecedented surge in belligerent
passengers who are straining the systems
designed to keep air travel safe.
"We've had many more incidences where
there are passenger disturbances both
in checkpoints and onboard aircraft.
That makes it more important that there
are no guns involved," TSA Administrator
David Pekoske said in an interview.
TSA reports catching 4,650 firearms at
checkpoints in the first 10 months of the
year a majority of which were loaded.
That number surpasses the full-year record
of 4,432, set in 2019.
And with 11 weeks left in the year
including the busy Thanksgiving and
Christmas travel seasons Pekoske says
he thinks the number of confiscated
weapons reflects an American population
that is increasingly armed.
"I think more people are carrying weapons,
just generally across the country, and then
whatever is happening across the country we
see reflected in our checkpoints," he said.
"As a passenger, I dont want a another
passenger flying with me with a gun in their
possession."
Most of the firearms found were loaded
more than 3,900, or more than 80%.
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guns to airports, TSA says
Oct 13 2021
Airline passengers are bringing guns to
the airport in numbers never seen before,
and it is a "huge problem," the
Transportation Security Administration
chief told CNN.
Security and law enforcement officials
are at the same time dealing with an
unprecedented surge in belligerent
passengers who are straining the systems
designed to keep air travel safe.
"We've had many more incidences where
there are passenger disturbances both
in checkpoints and onboard aircraft.
That makes it more important that there
are no guns involved," TSA Administrator
David Pekoske said in an interview.
TSA reports catching 4,650 firearms at
checkpoints in the first 10 months of the
year a majority of which were loaded.
That number surpasses the full-year record
of 4,432, set in 2019.
And with 11 weeks left in the year
including the busy Thanksgiving and
Christmas travel seasons Pekoske says
he thinks the number of confiscated
weapons reflects an American population
that is increasingly armed.
"I think more people are carrying weapons,
just generally across the country, and then
whatever is happening across the country we
see reflected in our checkpoints," he said.
"As a passenger, I dont want a another
passenger flying with me with a gun in their
possession."
Most of the firearms found were loaded
more than 3,900, or more than 80%.
https://tinyurl.com/yhn77f4a