Newark Liberty International Airport's TSA agents have confiscated 14 guns from passengers in 2022, tying the previous record set in 2018.
The Newark Liberty National Airport's TSA agents have confiscated 14 guns this year. The last time any airport had this many guns taken from passengers was in 2018.Newark Liberty International Airport has tied the previous record for the most guns confiscated in a year.
TSA agents found a loaded firearm in a passenger's carry-on in Terminal C on Thanksgiving. It's the 14th gun found by airport security this year. The security agency says the man faces a federal financial civil penalty that will run into the thousands of dollars.Back in June, TSA held a news conference to address the"Eighty percent of the firearms we detect are loaded when they are found in that carry on bag," New Jersey TSA Federal Security Director Thomas Carter said in June. "Twenty-five percent of those have a round in the chamber."Copyright © 2022 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.
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