In the first six months of 2022, Transportation Security Administration officers prevented more than 3,000 firearms from entering planes, an average of 17 a day. That's more than half the total number of firearms seized in all of 2021.
In 2021, TSA officers intercepted 5,972 firearms at airport security checkpoints. And while air travel passenger numbers haven't reached pre-pandemic levels, the number of firearms caught in 2021 exceeded 2019 figures by 35%.
