The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intercepted a record 6,542 guns last year at airport checkpoints across the country. The number—roughly 18 per day—is an all-time high for gun interceptions at U.S. airports.
That’s a nearly 10 percent increase from the 2021 record level of 5,972 guns detected at airport checkouts. Eighty-eight percent of the weapons caught in 2022 were loaded, according to the agency. The TSA considers a weapon to be loaded if the passenger has access to both the gun and the ammunition.
“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….