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Last year 1,310 guns - about 3.5 a day - were seized by airport screeners across the nation.
That's up from 1,123 in 2010 and 851 in 2005.
Last week, 29 guns, 21 of them loaded, were found in carry-on luggage of passengers attempting to board planes.
Most of the passengers used the excuse that TSA screeners hear most often: "I forgot."
Actually, it's not illegal to bring an unloaded gun onto a plane if you first declare it to the airline and it's packed in a locked box in your checked luggage.
In addition to criminal charges from local or federal law-enforcement officers, passengers also can face civil penalties from the TSA.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/2...e_of_weapon-toting_passengers.html?page=2&c=y
That's up from 1,123 in 2010 and 851 in 2005.
Last week, 29 guns, 21 of them loaded, were found in carry-on luggage of passengers attempting to board planes.
Most of the passengers used the excuse that TSA screeners hear most often: "I forgot."
Actually, it's not illegal to bring an unloaded gun onto a plane if you first declare it to the airline and it's packed in a locked box in your checked luggage.
In addition to criminal charges from local or federal law-enforcement officers, passengers also can face civil penalties from the TSA.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/2...e_of_weapon-toting_passengers.html?page=2&c=y