TSA: 65 Guns Seized At Airports This Week

thallub · May 25, 2013, 05:56 PM

54 of those guns were loaded. There's a list by airport and caliber. Two guns were seized at JFK this week; five at DFW.

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The Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) has reported that this past week they retrieved 65 guns at airports across the country with 54 of the firearms being loaded.

One of the more inconspicuous finds was a sidearm strapped to the prosthetic leg of a passenger at Salt Lake City International (SLA) airport.

http://www.dbtechno.com/curiosity/20...-a-new-record/

Drizzt · May 25, 2013, 08:42 PM

One of them on the list was a musket! At least it wasn't loaded.

Garycw · May 25, 2013, 08:58 PM

Pretty stupid, but I wonder if they can get them back after they return? I once forgot a knife in my carry on, and was given the option to mail it from USPS kiosk near checkpoint

BarryLee · May 25, 2013, 11:27 PM

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Pretty stupid, but I wonder if they can get them back after they return?

Well, since they get arrested and locked up in the local jail I assume the gun becomes evidence in their criminal trial. Once the process is over I suppose the gun is returned, but not really sure about all the legal issues.

dakota.potts · May 25, 2013, 11:33 PM

Seeing multiple at Jax doesn't surprise me.

Good thing there were no scary 5.56 ones on the list

Might have been a totally different story

Massan · May 31, 2013, 11:27 AM

Wonder if this includes the ones confiscated from our glorious leaders that "forgot" they had them.

wayneinFL · May 31, 2013, 10:12 PM

It doesn't surprise me that most of them are states where carry is common. There are about a million permit holders in FL, and 10 of the guns were in Florida airports. Ten out of a million really isn't that many.

Kind of scratching my head at the "musket" in Orlando. Really? Did they classify a muzzleloading derringer as a musket? A musket wouldn't fit in a carry on bag.

The guy with the prosthetic leg- it's not like he can feel it.

May 25, 2013, 08:42 PM	#2
Drizzt Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2000 Location: Moscow on the Colorado, TX Posts: 2,560	One of them on the list was a musket! At least it wasn't loaded. __________________ "That a free citizen should have to go before a committee, hat in hand, and pray for permission to bear arms - fantastic! Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats." Robert Heinlein - Red Planet

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Garycw Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2011 Location: Ohio-Kentucky - florida Posts: 1,221	TSA: 65 Guns Seized At Airports This Week Pretty stupid, but I wonder if they can get them back after they return? I once forgot a knife in my carry on, and was given the option to mail it from USPS kiosk near checkpoint Last edited by Garycw; May 25, 2013 at 10:13 PM.

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May 25, 2013, 11:33 PM	#5
dakota.potts Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2013 Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Posts: 3,084	Seeing multiple at Jax doesn't surprise me. Good thing there were no scary 5.56 ones on the list Might have been a totally different story

May 31, 2013, 11:27 AM	#6
Massan Senior Member Join Date: June 27, 2005 Posts: 171	Wonder if this includes the ones confiscated from our glorious leaders that "forgot" they had them.

May 31, 2013, 10:12 PM	#7
wayneinFL Senior Member Join Date: December 18, 2004 Posts: 1,944	It doesn't surprise me that most of them are states where carry is common. There are about a million permit holders in FL, and 10 of the guns were in Florida airports. Ten out of a million really isn't that many. Kind of scratching my head at the "musket" in Orlando. Really? Did they classify a muzzleloading derringer as a musket? A musket wouldn't fit in a carry on bag. The guy with the prosthetic leg- it's not like he can feel it.