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Jan 18 2023
News
TSA confiscated record number of guns from airline passengers in 2022
Transportation Security Administration officers confiscated more than 6,542 firearms from airport passengers in 2022 — the highest number recorded since the agency's inception. Of those guns taken at airport security checkpoints, 88% were loaded, the agency announced Tuesday.
The confiscations by TSA mark a nearly 10% increase over the 5,972 firearms seized in 2021, which was also a
CBS News (Online)Jun 02 2015
Headline Roundup
Alarming TSA Report
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TSA: Monroe County man charged after handgun found in his backpack at Newark Liberty International Airport checkpoint
NEWARK, N.J. – The Transportation Security Administration says a man from Monroe County is charged after a loaded handgun was found in his backpack at a New Jersey airport over the weekend. The man from Canadensis, who the TSA did not name, was prevented from bringing a loaded handgun onto his flight on Saturday at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to a news release from the TSA
WFMZ 69May 09 2023
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A TSA agent was caught on video yanking a bomb-sniffing dog around a Detroit airport
• The TSA agent who was seen yanking a bomb-sniffing dog around a Detroit airport is under investigation. • A video of the TSA agent aggressively pulling the dog went viral online. • TSA said the agent is now off handling duties while the agency investigates the incident. The Transportation Security Administration agent who was caught in a viral video yanking a bomb-sniffing dog inside a
Business InsiderJun 07 2022
Analysis
What the TSA could teach Congress about gun control
With the country continually in mourning over gun violence — we keep seeing mass shooting after mass shooting after mass shooting — it’s time to find ways to prevent it, lest we remain the “only nation where this regularly happens.” Those solutions needn’t be new, and could perhaps be kind of banal, like the risk-based decision-making behind TSA PreCheck screenings.
The Transportation
VoxApr 26 2023
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3 TSA officers injured, 450 passengers redirected after 'unprovoked' attack by a female traveler
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Phoenix police arrested a female traveler early Tuesday morning after authorities say she attacked and injured three Transportation Security Administration agents during a security screening. The agency told The Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network, that the traveler attacked staff at Checkpoint D in Terminal 4 around 5:55 a.m. local time, causing the checkpoint to
USA TODAYJun 09 2023
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TSA intercepts loaded gun in carry-on luggage at South Dakota airport security checkpoint
The Transportation Security Administration announced officers prevented a loaded gun from making it onto an airplane at a South Dakota airport on Tuesday. During the routine screening of carry-on luggage at the Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD), the TSA said an officer at the security checkpoint saw the handgun on the X-ray screen. The TSA officer alerted the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office
Fox News (Online News)Jun 02 2015
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Shakeup at TSA after airport screening failures
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Monday reassigned the leader of the Transportation Security Administration and directed the agency to revise airport security procedures, retrain officers and retest screening equipment in airports across the U.S.
CBS News (Online)May 08 2023
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TSA agent caught rough handling bomb-sniffing dog at Metro Airport, sparking investigation
A federal agent's conduct is under investigation after a video of his aggressive handling of a bomb-sniffing dog at the Detroit Metro Airport circulated on social media Sunday. In the video, originally shared on Reddit but no longer available on the platform, the Transportation Security Administration agent appears to be training the dog in the airport's McNamara Terminal. The agent is seen
Detroit Free Press