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Coverage dated October 12, 2021

These airports had the most guns found in 2021 so far

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A record number of guns have been seized at airport checkpoints so far this year. TSA said it has discovered about 11 firearms for every million travelers.

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  1. KSDK

    These airports had the most guns found in 2021 so far (opens KSDK)

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    A record number of guns have been seized at airport checkpoints so far this year. TSA said it has discovered about 11 firearms for every million travelers.

  2. Insider

    More people with firearms were stopped by TSA in the first 9 months of 2021 than in any of the last 20 years (opens Insider)

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    By early October, the TSA stopped 4,495 passengers who were trying to bring firearms onto an airplane, breaking the previous record by over 60.

  3. CBS News

    TSA recovers record number of firearms in first nine months of 2021 (opens CBS News)

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    Officers found firearms at 248 different airports across the U.S.

  4. KING 5 Seattle

    Record number of guns seized at airport checkpoints in 2021 (opens KING 5 Seattle)

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    So far in 2021, TSA said it has discovered about 11 firearms for every million travelers at airport checkpoints.

  5. Forbes

    Record Number Of Guns Caught At TSA Checkpoints So Far This Year (opens Forbes)

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    The previous record was set in 2019, when the TSA confiscated 4,432 firearms.

  6. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    'Alarming': TSA finds record number of firearms at airport checkpoints in 2021 (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 4,495 passengers from taking their firearms onto fights, breaking the previous record of 4,432 firearms found for the entire calendar year of 2019.

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