Press Releases

PORTLAND, Oregon - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers in Oregon detected 83 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2023. The majority of the firearms were discovered at Portland International Airport’s (PDX) security…

HORSEHEADS, N.Y. – A Beaver Dams, N.Y., man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Elmira Corning Regional Airport this morning (Jan. 10) when they detected a handgun in the man’s carry-on bag at the security…

WASHINGTON, DC -- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 117 handguns at Virginia airport security checkpoints in 2023, one less than the 118 guns caught in 2022. All of the firearms were discovered by TSA officers during the…

ALBANY, N.Y. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 20 handguns at Upstate New York airport security checkpoints in 2023, a decrease from the 23 caught in 2022. All of the firearms were discovered by TSA officers during the…

LOS ANGELES - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at the five Los Angeles-area airports detected 145 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2023. Every one of these firearms was discovered during the routine X-ray screening of…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 15 handguns at West Virginia airport security checkpoints in 2023, six more than the nine guns that were caught in 2022.…

WASHINGTON -- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 105 handguns at airport security checkpoints in the Baltimore/Washington region in 2023, a notable increase of 16 beyond the 89 guns caught in 2022. Each of the firearms…

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is hiring officers to work at Syracuse Hancock International Airport and will be conducting an application assistance event at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 6646 Old Collamer Road South,…

CHICAGO – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 72 handguns at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) security checkpoints in 2023, a decrease from the year prior. However, officers intercepted 50 firearms at Chicago…

WASHINGTON — During 2023, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intercepted a total of 6,737 firearms at airport security checkpoints, preventing them from getting into the secure areas of the airport and onboard aircraft. Approximately…

NEW YORK -- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 51 handguns at New York City area airport checkpoints in 2023, a notable increase from the 39 guns caught in 2022. Each of the firearms were discovered by TSA officers during…

PHILADELPHIA - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers continued to detect guns at Pennsylvania airport security checkpoints last year. TSA officers stopped 103 handguns at Pennsylvania airport security checkpoints in 2023, a notable…

CLEVELAND – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 38 handguns at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) security checkpoints in 2023, a slight increase from the 35 detected in 2022. At John Glenn Columbus International…

ANCHORAGE – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) earlier today released its annual Top 10 list of interesting finds at airport security checkpoints nationwide in 2023. One of the items featured was discovered by TSA officers who work at…

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A Honeoye Falls, N.Y., man was stopped by security officers at Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport this morning (Jan. 9) when they detected a handgun in the man’s carry-on bag at the Transportation Security…

NEW YORK — LaGuardia Airport made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Top 10 List of most unusual items detected at airport security checkpoints in 2023. TSA released the list in a 2-minute on-line video it posted on the…

ARLINGTON, Va. – An Idaho man started the new year on the wrong foot when he was stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport with a handgun among his carry-on items on Tuesday, Jan. 2…

LYNCHBURG, Va. – A Virginia man started the new year on the wrong foot when he was stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Lynchburg Regional Airport with a loaded gun among his carry-on items. TSA officers prevented the…

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a Massachusetts resident from carrying a loaded firearm onto an airplane Thursday, December 28, 2023 at Bradley International Airport (BDL). This was the eighth…

ROANOKE, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport prevented a Bedford County, Va., man from bringing his handgun onto a flight yesterday, Dec. 26. When the checkpoint X-ray unit alarmed on…

ARLINGTON, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport stopped a Bethesda, Md., woman from carrying her handgun onto a flight on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. The 9mm gun was loaded with six…

PITTSBURGH – A Washington County, Pa., man was prevented from bringing his gun onto his flight by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Pittsburgh International Airport on Christmas. The man, a resident of McMurray, Pa., was…

HARRISBURG, Pa. – A Florida man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Harrisburg International Airport on Friday, Dec. 22, when they detected a handgun in the man’s carry-on bag at the airport checkpoint. The man…

AMARILLO –  The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is expecting a busy end of year holiday season at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (AMA). This year’s Christmas holiday travel period will be Thursday, Dec. 21 through…

WASHINGTON– In collaboration with the State of Arizona and Samsung, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now accepting, for limited testing and evaluation purposes, Arizona-issued mobile…