The US Associated Press said that over the past year, the US Transportation Security Administration intercepted 6,542 weapons at airport checkpoints across the country, and this number, which is equivalent to about 18 weapons per day, is the highest ever for weapons intercepted at US airports, and raises concerns in The time when more Americans get armed.

  TSA Administrator David Bikowski said what they witnessed at checkpoints really reflects what they see in the community, and in the community there are more people with firearms right now.

With the exception of 2020, in which the Corona epidemic spread, the number of weapons intercepted at airport checkpoints has increased every year since 2010. Experts do not believe that this is an epidemic of potential hijackers, as almost everyone claimed that they forgot that they had a weapon with them, but experts Confirm the danger, even if it's just one gun in the wrong hands on a plane or at a checkpoint.

  Weapons were intercepted from Bourbang, Calif., to Bangor, Maine, but this occurred more often at the larger airports where the laws are the most permissive about carrying the law, according to officials. The ten airports with the most weapon interceptions in 2022 were in Dallas, Austin, and Houston, Texas, and three airports in Florida, Nashville, Tennessee, Atlanta, Phoenix, and Denver.

  Bikowski says he's not sure the excuse to forget is always real or if it's a natural reaction to being caught with a gun. However, he says it is a problem that should stop.
Source: The Seventh Day website