In 2024, TSA officials stopped 7 firearms from getting on planes, an increase from 2023. That year only 4 guns were caught and confiscated by the TSA.

The TSA says passengers attempted to bring fewer firearms into DTW security checkpoints last year than in 2023.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is urging travelers to know the law when attempting to fly with their firearms.

More than 6,600 firearms were detected at airport security checkpoints by the Transportation Security Administration in 2024, and about 94% were loaded with ammunition.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it detected three guns at the Eastern Iowa Airport in 2024, the fewest number of guns stopped in the past

Despite the law, travelers continue to bring guns to airports across the country. In 2024, the Transportation Security Administration intercepted 272 firearms at security checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport,

The Transportation Security Administration announced on Friday that they stopped 78 handguns at security checkpoints within Indianapolis International Airport in 2024. The TSA called this “…a significant decrease from the all-time high of 95 [firearms] detected” in 2023.

Transportation Security Administration officers have stopped a record-high total of 16 firearms at the Des Moines International Airport in 2024.

Travelers at Bradley International Airport were found with more guns in 2024 than recent years, despite an overall decline in the region, the TSA said.