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TSA Is Finding Guns in Passengers' Carry-Ons at 3 Times the Usual Rate Amid Massive Drop in Air Travel
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2442" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://time.com/5878110/tsa-guns-air-travel-covid/" target="_blank"><strong>TSA Is Finding Guns in Passengers' Carry-Ons at 3 Times the Usual Rate Amid Massive Drop in Air Travel - Time</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Transportation Security Administration screeners found guns in air travelers’ carry-on bags at three times the usual rate this past July as compared to last year, the agency says.</p><p></p><p>“TSA is diligently working to ensure our employees and passengers are safe and secure while traveling during a pandemic, and yet we are noticing a significant increase in loaded firearms coming into checkpoints,” said TSA administrator David Pekoske in a <a href="https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2020/08/10/tsa-officers-detecting-more-guns-checkpoints-spite-lower-passenger" target="_blank">press release</a> Aug. 10.</p><p></p><p>Screeners found 15.3 guns per million passengers this past July, compared to 5.1 over the same period last year. That 200% increase is “particularly alarming,” the agency says, given that air travel has nearly evaporated amid the pandemic—TSA screened about 75% fewer passengers in July 2020 compared to July 2019, it says (given that the vast majority of air travelers are screened, such screenings are a pretty good proxy for overall air travel volume).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2442, member: 1"] [URL='https://time.com/5878110/tsa-guns-air-travel-covid/'][B]TSA Is Finding Guns in Passengers' Carry-Ons at 3 Times the Usual Rate Amid Massive Drop in Air Travel - Time[/B][/URL] Transportation Security Administration screeners found guns in air travelers’ carry-on bags at three times the usual rate this past July as compared to last year, the agency says. “TSA is diligently working to ensure our employees and passengers are safe and secure while traveling during a pandemic, and yet we are noticing a significant increase in loaded firearms coming into checkpoints,” said TSA administrator David Pekoske in a [URL='https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2020/08/10/tsa-officers-detecting-more-guns-checkpoints-spite-lower-passenger']press release[/URL] Aug. 10. Screeners found 15.3 guns per million passengers this past July, compared to 5.1 over the same period last year. That 200% increase is “particularly alarming,” the agency says, given that air travel has nearly evaporated amid the pandemic—TSA screened about 75% fewer passengers in July 2020 compared to July 2019, it says (given that the vast majority of air travelers are screened, such screenings are a pretty good proxy for overall air travel volume). [/QUOTE]
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