Press Releases

January 11, 2024 | Local Press Release
CHARLOTTE - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at North Carolina airports discovered a total of 236 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2023, down from the total of 250 found in 2022. Despite the overall statewide decrease…
January 11, 2024 | Local Press Release
PALM SPRINGS, California - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) detected four firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2023. Each one of these firearms was discovered during the routine…
January 11, 2024 | Local Press Release
SEATTLE - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers in Washington detected 173 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022, with the majority of the firearms discovered at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s (SEA) security…
January 11, 2024 | Local Press Release
DENVER - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Denver International Airport (DEN) discovered 178 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2023, setting yet another record for firearm finds at DEN’s three security checkpoints.…
January 11, 2024 | Local Press Release
HONOLULU - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers in Hawaii detected five firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2023, with the greatest number of firearms discovered Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), the state’s…
January 11, 2024 | Local Press Release
ATLANTA - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Georgia airports discovered a total of 496 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022, with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) leading the country with 451…
January 11, 2024 | Local Press Release
MINNEAPOLIS – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 53 firearms at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) security checkpoints in 2023, a decrease from the 58 detected in 2022. Nationwide, TSA officers stopped a…
January 11, 2024 | Local Press Release
SAN FRANCISCO – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today that its security screening officers at the three major airports in the Bay Area detected 49 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2023. Every one of these…
January 11, 2024 | Local Press Release
SAN DIEGO - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at San Diego International Airport (SAN) detected 31 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2023. Every one of these firearms was discovered during the routine X-ray screening of…
January 11, 2024 | Local Press Release
DETROIT – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 96 handguns at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) security checkpoints in 2023, a decrease compared to the 100 detected in 2022. Nationwide, TSA officers stopped a…
January 11, 2024 | Local Press Release
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…
January 10, 2024 | Local Press Release
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…
January 10, 2024 | Local Press Release
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…
January 10, 2024 | Local Press Release
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…
January 10, 2024 | Local Press Release
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…
January 10, 2024 | Local Press Release
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.…
January 10, 2024 | Local Press Release
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…
January 10, 2024 | Local Press Release
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,…
January 10, 2024 | Local Press Release
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…
January 10, 2024 | National Press Release
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…
January 10, 2024 | Local Press Release
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…
January 10, 2024 | Local Press Release
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…
January 10, 2024 | Local Press Release
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…
January 9, 2024 | Local Press Release
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…
January 9, 2024 | Local Press Release
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…