TSA officers at Portland International Jetport last week detected a hatchet and a homemade gun in the bag of a passenger attempting to board a plane.
As of Dec. 16, a TSA press release states, the agency has prevented 6,301 firearms from getting past security checkpoints this year – adding that more than 88% of them were loaded. That’s up from 5,972 firearms detected at security checkpoints last year.
TSA is also increasing the maximum civil penalty for a firearms violation to $14,950, which is determined on a case-by-case basis"based on the circumstances in each case."Bradford Betz is a Fox News Digital breaking reporter covering crime,Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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