The TSA caught its 14th gun at an airport checkpoint at Newark Liberty Airport on Thanksgiving, tying the record for most guns caught at the airport in a single year.
officers found a loaded 9 mm handgun in his carry-on bag at Newark Liberty International Airport on Thanksgiving.
The man is the third person this month to be caught with a gun at Newark Airport and is the 14th person caught this year, tying the record for most guns caught at the airport in a single year with a full month remaining in 2022."Getting caught with and arrested for carrying a loaded gun at our airport means this individual had a pretty bad Thanksgiving," said Thomas Carter, TSA Federal Security Director for New Jersey.
The owner of the gun is a resident of Newtown Square in Pennsylvania's Delaware County, near Philadelphia.Firearms are not permitted to be carried through airport security checkpoints. Bringing a gun to an airport checkpoint carries a federal civil penalty, which can stretch into thousands of dollars, depending on mitigating circumstances.The TSA last caught 14 guns at Newark Liberty Airport in 2018.
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