TSA has confiscated record number of guns at airports in 2021

[Zorro]

The Transportation Security Administration in 2021 has confiscated the most guns ever in a single year — some 5,700, most of which were loaded.

The report comes at a time when the TSA also is reporting travel numbers nearing those of 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The number of travelers peaked in November, ahead of Thanksgiving, reaching their highest level since the start of the pandemic, TSA data shows.

"The reason, I think, is just that there's more firearms carriers in the country," TSA Administrator David Pekoske said at a press conference on Monday. "Generally, what we see in our checkpoints, in terms of what people carry, that reflects what's going on in the country."

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/tsa-confiscated-record-number-guns-172800336.html

[maxsolomon]

1. 5700 f-ing idiots.

Has this resulted in 5700 felony charges? 5700 felony convictions with lifetime bans from possessing firearms?

I'm still taking off my fucking belt and shoes and separating my laptop and liquids from my bag 20 years after 9/11, and they're waltzing up to security with loaded guns. Not terrorism, though. Just honest mistakes! Whoopsie!

[MontanaMama]

2. There should be 5700 names added

to the no fly list.