Security found 150 firearms in travelers' carry-on luggage at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in 2022, a new ABIA record.
After a record year of firearm confiscations, TSA officials in Austin are reminding the public that guns cannot be taken through airport security checkpoints.
TSA releases data annually on firearm discoveries at U.S. airports and says 2022 was a record year, with 6,542 firearms found at security screenings at airports nationwide. Austin's airport was among the 10 airports with the highest number of firearms. Dallas-Fort Worth's and Houston's airports were in the top five.
If a person is caught with a firearm in their carry-on, local police are called and a fine of up to $15,000 could be administered.to avoid having a firearm confiscated and seeing massive fines. It’s not just firearms that need to be checked. Anything that could be used as a weapon — a knife, scissors, a baton, a bowling pin — should all be stored in checked baggage and not in a carry-on.
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