DFW Near Top Of List For Airports Where TSA Confiscated Most Firearms At Security Checkpoints

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

January 26, 2021

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Despite fewer airline passengers in 2020, officials with the Transportation Security Administration say they detected twice as many firearms at airport security checkpoints in Texas and nationwide compared to 2019.

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport was near the top of the list of airports where TSA officers discovered the most firearms on passengers or in their carry-on bags.

Throughout 2020, TSA caught approximately 10 firearms per million passengers screened as compared to about 5 firearms per million passengers screened in 2019 — numbers significantly higher than any other year since the agency’s inception.

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