From CBS News:Transportation Security Administration officers have confiscated 6,301 firearms from airport passengers so far in 2022 – the highest number recorded since the agency's inception. Of those guns taken at airport security checkpoints, 88% were loaded, the agency announced Friday.
The TSA said that it expects to have confiscated about 6,600 firearms by the end of year, which would mark a 10.5% increase from the 5,972 firearms seized in 2021, which was also a record.
The agency also reported Friday that it was raising the maximum civil penalty for a firearms violation from $13,910 to $14,950.
The top 5 airports for firearm stops so far this year, according to TSA, were:
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport – 438
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport – 371
- Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport – 286
- Nashville International Airport – 203
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport – 184
Nashville had the highest rate of firearm confiscation per capita, according to a TSA spokesperson.
