During the past year, more guns were found at North Carolina airport checks. The biggest jump was seen at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, where the number of guns found rose by 17%.
At RDU, TSA agents found 89 guns on people, which is more than the 76 they found the year before. The TSA found 117 guns at Charlotte Douglas, which has more than three times as many people as RDU. This is less than the 124 guns they found at RDU last year.
The TSA said that almost all of the guns they found last year were already fired.
When TSA officers see a gun in an X-ray picture, they stop the screening and call the police. Officers take the bag out of the X-ray machine, take the gun away, and decide if to press charges. Depending on the situation, you could get anything from a civil ticket to a felony charge.
People found with a gun at a checkpoint can be fined up to $15,000 by the TSA, and they will not be able to use TSA PreCheck for at least five years.
The TSA says it checked over 904 million people last year and found 6,678 guns, which is about 1% less than the previous year. The government checked about a million people and found 7.4 guns in each one.
People from North Carolina are more likely to have guns on board. There were 250 guns found at the 10 major airports in the state. That’s 9.7 guns for every 1 million people who were screened, which is less than the 10.3 guns found for every million people the previous year.
Last year, about 5% more guns were found in North Carolina than the year before.
Even if you have a pass to carry a gun on board, you can’t bring it into the cabin of an airplane.
You can fly with a gun, though, as long as it’s empty and packed in a locked, hard-sided box as checked luggage. When people check their bags at the ticket counter, they have to tell the airline about any guns or ammo in them.
To find out more, visit www.tsa.gov/travel/transporting-firearms-and-ammunition. Go to TSA.gov and click on “What Can I Bring?” in the upper right area if you’re not sure what other things you might or might not be able to bring through airport security.
The TSA says that a program to raise public awareness has cut down on the number of guns found at checkpoints across the country, even though more people are flying. People are told to check their bags for guns before they pack and to read the rules before going to the airport.
Gregory Hawko, who is in charge of federal security for Charlotte Douglas for the TSA, said in a written statement, “There are clear and simple rules for flying with guns.” “And we want passengers to understand them so that there aren’t any delays, fines, or possible legal issues.”
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