Press Releases

ATLANTA - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Georgia airports discovered a total of 498 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2024, with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) leading the country with 440…

HEBRON, Ky. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Kentucky airports discovered 107 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2024, a decrease of more than ten percent from the 2023 total. Each of the firearms was…

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Missouri airports discovered a total of 192 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage last year, a statewide decrease of nearly ten percent from the 2023 total. Each of the…

SAN LUIS OBISPO, California – Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP) detected the first firearm of the year in a female traveler’s carry-on bag Wednesday around 3:45 a.m. The…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Tennessee airports discovered a total of 319 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2024, an increase of six from the 2023 statewide total. Nashville International…

ORLANDO - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers in Florida discovered a total of 817 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2024, down from the total of 834 found in 2023.Despite the overall statewide decrease in firearms,…

PITTSBURGH –Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) intercepted a gun from an air carrier contractor on Saturday, Jan. 25. The 9mm handgun was loaded with 12 bullets, including one in the…

NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia Beach, Va., woman was stopped at the Norfolk International Airport security checkpoint after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted a gun among her carry-on items on Friday, Jan. 24. The .380…

FRESNO, California - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Fresno-Yosemite International Airport (FAT) detected the first firearm of the year in a male traveler’s carry-on bag Wednesday at 5:45 a.m. The firearm was a 9 mm Smith…

Gerardo “Jerry” Spero has been appointed Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Federal Security Director (FSD) for Pennsylvania and Delaware, an expansion of his previous role for the last six years as FSD for Philadelphia International…

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers across the state of Alabama intercepted 130 firearms at airport security checkpoints in 2024.  The largest number was at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) where TSA…

INDIANAPOLIS – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 78 handguns at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) security checkpoints in 2024, a significant decrease from the all-time high of 95 detected last year.Nationwide, TSA…

CLEVELAND – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 31 handguns at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) security checkpoints in 2024, a decrease from the 38 detected in 2023. At John Glenn Columbus International…

DES MOINES – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 16 firearms at Des Moines International Airport (DSM) security checkpoints in 2024, an all-time high for the airport and a sharp increase over the year prior.…

DETROIT – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 60 firearms at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) security checkpoints in 2024, a significant decrease from the 96 detected in 2023.…

NEWARK, N.J. –  A Lackawanna County, Pa., man was arrested by police yesterday, Jan. 20, after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Newark Liberty International Airport intercepted a handgun in the man’s carry-on bag at one…

ITTSBURGH –Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) intercepted two handguns at two different checkpoints this morning, Jan. 21.Last year TSA officers intercepted 42 guns at the airport’s…

CHICAGO – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected 78 handguns at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) security checkpoints in 2024, an increase from the year prior. However, officers intercepted 41 firearms at Chicago…

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers across the state of Mississippi intercepted 49 firearms at airport security checkpoints in 2024.  The largest number in Mississippi was at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (…

WASHINGTON — During 2024, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intercepted a total of 6,678 firearms at airport security checkpoints, preventing them from getting into the secure areas of the airport and onboard aircraft. Approximately…

PHILADELPHIA - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers continued to intercept firearms at Pennsylvania airport security checkpoints last year. TSA officers stopped 97 handguns at Pennsylvania airport security checkpoints in 2024, a…

WASHINGTON, DC -- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted 145 handguns at Virginia airport security checkpoints in 2024, the most guns ever detected in a single year. All the firearms were discovered by TSA officers during…

WASHINGTON -- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted 117 handguns at airport security checkpoints in the Baltimore/Washington region in 2024, a notable increase of 12 more guns than the 105 that were detected in 2023. Each…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted 10 handguns at West Virginia airport security checkpoints in 2024, five fewer than the 15 guns that were caught in 2023. Nationwide, TSA officers…

CHARLOTTE – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) saw a rise in the number of firearms detected at airport security checkpoints across North Carolina in 2024. TSA officers detected 250 firearms at airports statewide, an increase of…