Airport security

Here are all the guns confiscated by TSA at airports Dec. 10-16

During the week of Dec. 10, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the federal agency created after 9/11 to keep America’s airports safe, discovered 78 firearms that travelers were attempting to get past screening checkpoints. The guns were primarily 9mm semi-automatics, with a smattering of .38s, .22s, and .40-caliber Glocks. The TSA reports that 63 of the weapons were loaded, and 28 had a round chambered.

The overall tally for 2018 won’t be finalized for another few days, but if the historical trend line holds, it should be another record-setting year for guns confiscated at US airports.

In 2017, TSA agents intercepted 3,957 firearms at 239 airports across the country, averaging 76.1 guns per week, or 10.8 per day. Of those, 3,324 (84%) were loaded, and 1,378 (34.8%) had a round chambered. The record that year for the most guns found in a one-month period came in August at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, with 29. A one-day record for the most firearms discovered was set on May 3, when 26 guns—21 of them loaded—were found at 15 airports.