Press Releases

PITTSBURGH – A Florida woman was caught with a loaded handgun at the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport on Monday, Jan. 20. She was arrested by police.The woman, from Broward County, Florida, was…

BOSTON – A little less than three weeks into the new year, Transportation Security Administration officers at Boston Logan International Airport caught their first gun of 2020 at oe of the airport checkpoints.The TSA officers stopped an Alabama…

LINTHICUM, Md. – Transportation Security Administration officers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) caught a Prince George’s County, Maryland, man with a 9 mm handgun loaded with eight bullets including one in the…

MILWAUKEE – Just three weeks into the new year, a Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, man became the first individual caught this year by the Transportation Security Administration with a firearm at a Mitchell International Airport checkpoint. He was stopped…

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today reminded California residents that starting Oct. 1, 2020, travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant driver license or identification card or another…

LINTHICUM, Md. – Transportation Security Administration officers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) caught a Prince George’s County, Maryland, man with a 9 mm handgun loaded with eight bullets including one in the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  Bradley International Airport made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s list of Top 10 List of most unusual items found at checkpoints in 2019. TSA released the list in an on-line video it posted on the…

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  Newark Liberty International Airport and LaGuardia Airport each made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s list of Top 10 List of most unusual items found at checkpoints in 2019. TSA released the list in an on…

PORTLAND, ME – The Transportation Security Administration caught a Penobscot County, Maine, man at the Portland International Jetport checkpoint this morning (Jan. 17) with a 9 mm handgun loaded with 12 bullets. It was the first gun caught at the…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. —  Virginia residents who want to board an airplane for a domestic flight or enter a secure federal facility will soon need a star on their driver’s license, indicating that it is REAL ID-compliant, or…

OMAHA, NE – An Arizona man became the first individual caught by the Transportation Security Administration with a firearm at the Eppley Airfield checkpoint this year. He was stopped yesterday (Jan. 16) with a .45 caliber handgun loaded with six…

NEWARK, N.J. – An Alabama man became the first individual caught by the Transportation Security Administration with a firearm at a Newark Liberty International Airport checkpoint this year. He was stopped with a .22 caliber handgun in his carry-on…

DES M OINES, Iowa -- Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 18 handguns at the Iowa airport checkpoints in 2019, an increase from the 15 caught in 2018. Iowa’s numbers mirrored the national trend of an increase in the number…

MIL WAUKEE -- Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 24 handguns at the Wisconsin airport checkpoints in 2019, an increase from the 20 caught in 2018. Wisconsin’s statistics mirrored the national trend of an increase in the…

DULLES, Va. – A Kearneysville, West Virginia, man was caught with a 9 mm handgun loaded with five bullets at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) on Monday, Jan. 13, after a Transportation Security Administration officer spotted the gun in…

WASHINGTON - Transportation Security Administration officers caught more firearms at checkpoints nationwide in 2019 than ever before in the agency’s 18-year history. In total, 4,432 firearms were discovered in carry-on bags or on passengers at…

NEW YORK - Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 27 guns in the New York City region’s airports in 2019. Overall it marked a notable increase from the 20 caught in 2018 and mirrored the national trend of an uptick in the number of…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 18 handguns at West Virginia airport checkpoints in 2019, a significant increase from the 10 caught in 2018. West Virginia’s increase mirrored the national trend of an…

PHILADELPHIA - Transportation Security Administration officers across Pennsylvania stopped 71 handguns at checkpoints in 2019, a slight decrease from the 75 that were caught in 2018.Nationwide, Transportation Security Administration officers caught…

WASHINGTON, DC -- Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 60 handguns at the Greater Washington-Baltimore area airport checkpoints in 2019, an increase from the 55 caught in 2018. The increase mirrored the national trend of an uptick…

WASHINGTON, DC -- Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 74 handguns at the Virginia airport checkpoints in 2019, a decrease from the 82 caught in 2018. Virginia’s decrease bucked  the national trend of an uptick in the number…

BOSTON - Transportation Security Administration officers across New England stopped 36 handguns at checkpoints in 2019, a significant decrease from the 45 that were caught in 2018, which bucked the national trend.Nationwide, TSA officers caught more…

ALBANY, NY -  Transportation Security Administration officers in Upstate New York stopped 13 handguns at checkpoints in 2019, one less than the 14 that were caught in 2018.  Nationwide, Transportation Security Administration officers…

BOISE, Idaho - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at six Idaho airports discovered a total of 24 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2019, three fewer than were discovered at the same six airports in 2018. In every…

CHARLESTON, South Carolina - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at five South Carolina airports discovered a total of 63 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2019, an 53% increase over the 41 firearms discovered at the same…