Despite a sharp decrease in air travel due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Transportation Security Administration says the rate of guns found per passenger screened at airport security checkpoints last month was up three times over last year's figure.
TSA said Monday that it discovered more than 300 guns in carry-on baggage nationwide in July, which it said is about 15.3 guns per million people screened. That's up from the rate of 5.1 guns per million people in July 2019 even though air passenger traffic is down 75%. The agency said about 80% of the firearms found in carry-on bags at checkpoints were loaded. Officers at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport -- the world's busiest -- found 27 guns, or nearly one daily, in July.
The 4,432 guns found at checkpoints in 2019 marked a 5% increase over those found in 2018. Civil fines for those who try to transport a firearm inappropriately through an airport start at $2,050 for an unloaded weapon and at $4,100 for a loaded firearm. The agency said it also suspends any trusted traveler membership, such as its TSA PreCheck program, for people found transporting a firearm.
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