The Transportation Security Administration said in a press release on August 20 that, “Officers [at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport] discovered a loaded .40 caliber Glock pistol with 13 rounds of ammunition, in the carry-on bag of a male passenger. On the same day, TSA officers discovered a second loaded gun, a 9 mm SIG Sauer with eight rounds in the bag of male passenger.” So far this year, Phoenix agents have confiscated 62 other weapons from carry-on bags, while nationwide, TSA agents have discovered over 1,700 firearms, 84 percent of which were loaded. The TSA posts daily figures for the number of weapons it seizes.
TSA Still Finds Plenty of Loaded Weapons
