Press Releases

PHILADELPHIA - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 57 handguns at Pennsylvania airport security checkpoints in 2020, a decrease from the 71 caught in 2020 during a year in which there was a dramatic drop of approximately 65…

ALBANY, N.Y. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 12 handguns at Upstate New York airport security checkpoints in 2020, just one less than the 13 caught in 2020.  However, there was a dramatic drop of approximately 65…

OMAHA, Neb. -- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 13 handguns at Nebraska airport security checkpoints in 2020, just two shy of the 15 guns caught in 2019, during what was a dramatic drop of approximately 65 percent of…

BOSTON – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at New England airports detected firearms at a higher rate in 2020 than in 2019. At seven New England airports, TSA caught one firearm for every 434,674 passengers screened in 2020…

PHILADELPHIA—Transportation Security Administration officers at Philadelphia International Airport stopped a handgun from getting through the checkpoint on Monday, Jan. 25. When the TSA officer detected the gun in the checkpoint X-ray machine, the…

WASHINGTON, DC -- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 55 handguns at Virginia airport security checkpoints in 2020, a 25.6 percent decrease from the 74 guns caught in 2019, however there was a dramatic drop of approximately…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Tennessee airports discovered a total of 162 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2020, a decrease of only 19 over the number discovered in 2019, despite a dramatic…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped eight handguns at West Virginia airport security checkpoints in 2020, a notable decrease from the 18 caught in 2019, during a year where was a dramatic drop of…

RICHMOND, Va. – Transportation Security Administration officers at Richmond International Airport caught a Richmond, Virginia, man with a loaded handgun in his back pocket at the security checkpoint on Monday, Jan. 25, becoming the second traveler…

ALBANY, N.Y. – Thirteen Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials from across Upstate New York played a vital role in supporting security measures for the 59th Presidential Inauguration. Volunteers from the TSA workforce from six…

OMAHA, Neb. – A Sarpy County, Nebraska, man was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration with a .40 caliber handgun loaded with 10 bullets at the Eppley Airfield checkpoint on Friday, Jan. 22.   TSA officers caught the handgun as…

NORFOLK, Va.—Transportation Security Administration officers at Norfolk International Airport stopped a gun from getting through the checkpoint on Friday, Jan. 22. The .45 caliber handgun was loaded with eight bullets. It was the second gun caught…

WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) played a key role in supporting security measures for the 59th Presidential Inauguration. In the days leading up to January 20, hundreds of TSA personnel from across the country deployed…

DES MOINES, Iowa –Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught a Des Moines resident with a .380 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets in his carry-on bag at Des Moines International Airport on Thursday, Jan. 21. TSA officials…

MADISON, Wis. —  Two state-of-the-art advanced technology Computed Tomography (CT) checkpoint scanners that provide 3-D imaging have been installed and are in use at the Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at the Dane County…

NEW YORK – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at LaGuardia Airport detected 13 bullets concealed inside a container of chewing gum along with several pieces of gum at one of the security checkpoints on Thursday, Jan. 14…

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught a Beaver, Pennsylvania, woman with a .22 caliber handgun loaded with five bullets at the Pittsburgh International Airport security checkpoint yesterday, Thursday, Jan. 14…

LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Lynchburg Regional Airport as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the spread…

APPLETON, Wis. —  The Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Appleton International Airport (ATW) is now utilizing new state-of-the-art technology that confirms the validity of a traveler’s identification (ID) and confirms their…

ROANOKE, Va. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the…

NEWARK, N.J. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught a Morris County, New Jersey, man with a handgun at a security checkpoint in Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday, Jan. 12, marking the first gun…

LA CROSSE, Wis. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has completed installation of new acrylic barriers at security checkpoints throughout La Crosse Regional Airport (LSE) in the agency’s ongoing efforts to contain the spread of COVID-…

NORFOLK, Va.—Transportation Security Administration officers at Norfolk International Airport stopped a gun from getting through the checkpoint on Sunday, Jan. 10. The 9mm handgun was loaded with eight bullets. When the TSA officer detected the gun…

A TSA officer at Eppley Airfield inserts a traveler’s ID into the credential authentication technology unit at the checkpoint. (TSA photo) OMAHA, Neb. —  The Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Eppley Airfield is now…

RICHMOND, Va. – Transportation Security Administration officers at Richmond International Airport caught a Richmond, Virginia, woman with a loaded handgun at the security checkpoint on Sunday, Jan.  3, becoming the first traveler to get caught…