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2021-12-15 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Airport security seized the largest number of firearms in TSA history in 2021: 5,700 guns are found in carry-on bags - 85% of them loaded

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said security personnel had confiscated more than 5,700 firearms at airport security checkpoints in 2021

It's the highest number of weapons ever confiscated in a single year

It means about 16 weapons are confiscated every single day - 85% are loaded

The previous yearly record was about 4,400 in 2019

Figure reflects an increase in firearms being carried by Americans

Airline passengers can transport unloaded firearms but only in checked bags

Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 It's easier to get a plane ticket than common sense.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-15 10:12|| 2021-12-15 10:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes. And I'm more likely to be shot for telling a cop I have a legal pistol in my glovebox than for being a playah toting a completely illegal gat.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-15 10:31|| 2021-12-15 10:31|| Front Page Top

#3 It's to fight off the covid! Yeah, that's the ticket!

Posted by ed in texas 2021-12-15 16:13|| 2021-12-15 16:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Why wouldn't they be loaded? Nothing much more useless than a loaded gun.

Posted by Chris 2021-12-15 17:09|| 2021-12-15 17:09|| Front Page Top

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