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Bob Allison

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Strapped For Takeoff: TSA Agents At Boston Logan Airport Find 2 Guns In 24 Hours Strapped For Takeoff: TSA Agents At Boston Logan Airport Find 2 Guns In 24 Hours
Strapped For Takeoff: TSA Agents At Boston Logan Airport Find 2 Guns In 24 Hours TSA agents at Boston Logan International Airport continue to find guns in passengers' carry-on luggage. They broke the record for most firearms seized in a year months ago, and the finds don't stop.  Agents found two loaded handguns during routine security screenings last week at the airport, TSA announced.  The first was on Thursday morning, Dec. 8, when screeners detected a loaded .38 Special in a woman's purse, the TSA said. She told police that she was in a rush when leaving her house and forgot to put it back in her safe. Massachusetts State Police confiscated the weapon and gave her …

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Boston Logan Airport On Pace To Set Record For Number Of Guns Seized Boston Logan Airport On Pace To Set Record For Number Of Guns Seized
Boston Logan Airport On Pace To Set Record For Number Of Guns Seized The Transportation Safety Administration announced this week that security officers seized a loaded 9mm handgun from a woman attempting to board a flight at Logan International Airport. That seizure marks a dubious distinction for the airport as it ties it for the most firearms found in a year, and there are still three months left in 2022.  The woman, a petty officer in the US Coast Guard, had stored the pistol in a diaper bag, where agents as she went through a security checkpoint on Tuesday, Sept. 13, the TSA said. Massachusetts State Police took the weapon and issued her a summons t…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
TSA Officials Snag Twelfth Loaded Gun Of The Year At Boston Logan Airport TSA Officials Snag Twelfth Loaded Gun Of The Year At Boston Logan Airport
TSA Officials Snag Twelfth Loaded Gun Of The Year At Boston Logan Airport Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers are already encroaching the total number of firearms detected at Boston Logan International Airport last year and its not even July! This comes after officers prevented a passenger from taking a 9mm gun and 28 rounds of ammunition onto an aircraft on Friday, June 24, the agency said in a release.  TSA officers have now detected 14 firearms at Logan's security checkpoints this year, with 12 of those guns being loaded. Last year officers detected 18 firearms in total.  The agency is now reminding people about the …

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by David Cifarelli