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As of Friday, the Transportation Security Administration had intercepted 6,301 firearms at airport security this year, breaking the previous record set in 2021 when 5,972 guns were seized, the agency announced.
Of the 6,301 firearms intercepted from flier’s carry-on luggage, more than 88% of them were loaded at the time. TSA officials project that, by the end of 2022, 6,600 guns will have been seized, a year-over-year increase of almost 10%.
