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TSA officers discovered 65 firearms this week in
carry-on bags around the nation. Of the 65 firearms
discovered, 55 were loaded and 17 had
a round chambered. All of the firearms pictured were discovered in the last
week. See a complete list below.
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The traveler who packed this vest in
his checked bag at Richmond (RIC) stated it was a prop intended for use in a
live-action role-playing game (LARP). TSA explosives experts raced to the
checked baggage room and the airport police were called immediately.
Fortunately, the explosives experts determined the vest posed no danger.
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There were two incidents this week
involving black powder (gun powder). A flask of black powder was discovered in
a carry-on bag at Allentown (ABE). A powder horn full of black powder was
discovered in a checked bag at Boise (BOI). Black powder is strictly prohibited
from being packed in both carry-on and checked bags.
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The two grenades pictured here were
discovered this week. The inert grenade on the left was discovered in a
carry-on bag at Las Vegas (LAS). The inert grenade on the right was discovered
in a checked bag at Syracuse (SYR). We don’t know grenades are inert until our
explosives professionals take a closer look, and that takes time and slows down
the line. It can even lead to a complete shutdown and evacuation. For these
reasons, anything resembling a bomb or grenade is prohibited from both carry-on
and checked bags.
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In addition to all of the other
prohibited items we find weekly in carry-on bags, our officers also regularly
find firearm components, realistic replica firearms, bb and pellet guns,
airsoft guns, brass knuckles, ammunition, batons, stun guns, small pocketknives
and many other prohibited items too numerous to note.
When packed properly, ammunition can be
transported in your checked baggage, but it is never permissible to pack ammo
in your carry-on bag.
You can travel with your firearms in
checked baggage, but they must first be declared to the airline.
Firearm possession laws vary by state
and locality. Travelers should familiarize themselves with state and local
firearm laws for each point of travel prior to departure.
Unfortunately these sorts of
occurrences are all too frequent which is why we talk about these finds. Sure,
it’s great to share the things that our officers are finding, but at the same
time, each time we find a dangerous item, the line is slowed down and a
passenger that likely had no ill intent ends up with a citation or in some
cases is even arrested. The passenger can face a penalty as high as $11,000.
This is a friendly reminder to please leave these items at home. Just because
we find a prohibited item on an individual does not mean they had bad
intentions; that's for the law enforcement officer to decide. In many cases,
people simply forgot they had these items.
*In order to provide a timely weekly
update, this data is compiled from a preliminary report. The year-end numbers
will vary slightly from what is reported in the weekly updates. However, any
monthly, midyear or end-of-year numbers TSA provides on this blog or elsewhere
will be actual numbers and not estimates.
Read
our 2015 Year in Review post! If you haven’t read them yet, make sure
you check out our year in review posts for 2011,
2012,
2013,
and 2014.
Bob Burns
TSA Social Media Team
TSA Social Media Team
23 comments:
It amazes me that in 2016 people still bring these things into an airport. If their excuse is they forgot about the gun, well then I say they should never be able to own one. As for the other items, that's just stupid. Thank You TSA for all you do.
"You can't fix 'stupid'". Thank you, Bob.
"...the explosives experts determined the vest posed no danger."
After it was determined to be no danger was it allowed to fly? If not, why not?
I thank the TSA for the work they do,they have saved millions of lives in the U.S. and the whole world.Thanks TSA.
chikezie sez - "I thank the TSA for the work they do,they have saved millions of lives in the U.S. and the whole world.Thanks TSA."
Thanks for the kind words!
Bill Craig sez - ""You can't fix 'stupid'". Thank you, Bob."
In many cases it is not stupidity, but simply not being aware of either the prohibition on items, or of the item actually being in the bag.
Bobby sez - "Thank You TSA for all you do."
You are quite welcome Bobby.
West
TSA Blog Team
chikezie Jack said...
I thank the TSA for the work they do,they have saved millions of lives in the U.S. and the whole world.Thanks TSA.
October 30, 2016 at 10:42 AM
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Completely unfounded statement. No evidence that TSA has saved even one life.
If there weren't securities at the major airports around the world we wouldn't be flying today we would all be calling for a security agency like the TSA.Unfortunately some people just don't notice the difference the security checkpoint does to making sure you and I have a safe flight.Lives have been saved only an illiterate will not understand.
Why does TSA keep changing the number of posts on the main page?
RB wrote, quite correctly: "Completely unfounded statement. No evidence that TSA has saved even one life."
In fact, "The authors concluded that, over a three-month period,
approximately 129 individuals died in automobile accidents which resulted from travelers substituting driving for flying in response to inconvenience associated with baggage screening.
As one commentator starkly noted, this figure when annualized is "the equivalent of four fully-loaded Boeing 737s crashing each year." While one may quibble with the precise figures, a number of studies in the wake of 9/11 has confirmed the link between a reduction in airline passenger volume and an increase in driving and, inevitably, the number of fatalities from auto accidents."
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00036840601069757?journalCode=raec20&
screen shot/DHS IG statement
Who said anything about no security?
Your assertion that lives have been saved requires proof. So far, the proof I've seen indicates that US commercial aviation is NOT a target. That comes from the TSA's own mouth.
As for illiterate, why was this insult allowed?
chikezie Jack said...
If there weren't securities at the major airports around the world we wouldn't be flying today we would all be calling for a security agency like the TSA.Unfortunately some people just don't notice the difference the security checkpoint does to making sure you and I have a safe flight.Lives have been saved only an illiterate will not understand.
October 31, 2016 at 6:34 PM
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Then demonstrate what lives have been saved. Any documented example will do.
Blogger chikezie Jack said...
If there weren't securities at the major airports
Please point out whom, besides yourself, ever said there should be no security?
I didn't know the TSA job was so demanding.
Your assertion that lives have been saved requires proof. So far, the proof I've seen indicates that US commercial aviation is NOT a target. That comes from the TSA's own mouth.
it may not be a target. Ill give TSA credit for that. Typically, when the risk of being caught goes up, the target changes to a softer target. That said, I absolutely believe that if a weakness is found, American based airlines will be a major target
The Airlines and the TSA work together to ensure secure traveling so lives saved is the entire industry not only the TSA.
This assertation is absolutely false. You really should take a class on logic.
Boldy said "...That said, I absolutely believe that if a weakness is found, American based airlines will be a major target"
A weakness has been found. The same weakness has been pointed out repeatedly on this very blog. By more than just one or two people. What are the bad guys waiting on? A written invitation?
You referring to the liquids silliness? Let's use a little logic... The "bad guys" are waiting for a weakness. A weakness is pointed out. "Bad guys" don't exploit weakness. Therefore, at least one of the following is true. Either the "bad guys" aren't targeting US commercial aviation, or the attack vector (liquid explosives) isn't actually viable. I submit that both are true.
chickezie, show one example of a life saved by TSA.
You referring to the liquids silliness? Let's use a little logic... The "bad guys" are waiting for a weakness. A weakness is pointed out. "Bad guys" don't exploit weakness. Therefore, at least one of the following is true. Either the "bad guys" aren't targeting US commercial aviation, or the attack vector (liquid explosives) isn't actually viable. I submit that both are true.
and you sir are absolutely entitled to your opinion. People who study terrorism, terrorists, and explosives happen to disagree with you. Ill go with the experts on this.
Boldy said, again... "People who study terrorism, terrorists, and explosives happen to disagree with you. Ill go with the experts on this."
Logic, and even Reality, disagrees with your assertion so I am going to go with reality on this. If Liquids were a viable threat vector there wouldn't be a 3-1-1 Rule because those are liquids, which you keep trying to assure us are dangerous.
Take a look at weekly updates of what is discovered by the TSA agents at the airports checkpoints,go to TSA site and check it out yourself.And how will you like flying with a U.S citizen who happens to carry a bomb,loaded pistol and other harmful items in his carry on bags.Look at the weekly posting at TSA site.
Actually, no, they don't. You have your "experts," and I have mine.
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