The Transportation Security Administration seized more than 6,500 guns from airplane passengers in 2022, a new record for the agency.
TSA agents confiscated 6,542 guns — 88% of which were loaded — in 2022, a 10% increase from the previous high of 5,972 firearms in 2021. By comparison, there were 1,123 confiscated guns in 2010.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (448) and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (385) topped the lists with other airports in Texas, Florida, Arizona, Tennessee and Colorado rounding out the top 10.