ROANOKE, Va. ( WFXR ) – The Transportation Security Administration ( TSA ) officers intercepted 145 guns in 2024 making it the most detected in a single year.
Officers detected all the firearms during the routine screening process of carry-on property at airport checkpoints. Four Virginia airports set records of gun detection at their checkpoints.
The number of guns detected at the following airports included:
- Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (5 guns)
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (41 guns)
- Richmond International Airport (32 guns)
- Norfolk International Airport (34 guns)
- Washington Dulles International Airport (29 guns).
As a nation, TSA officers detected a total of 6,678 firearms at checkpoints in 2024, however, this is a decrease from 2023 with 6,737 firearms detected. This marks the first annual decrease in firearms detected other than 202 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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