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'I Forgot': Long Island Man Caught Trying To Board LaGuardia Plane With Gun, TSA Says 'I Forgot': Long Island Man Caught Trying To Board LaGuardia Plane With Gun, TSA Says
'I Forgot': Long Island Man Caught Trying To Board LaGuardia Plane With Gun, TSA Says A Nassau County man was arrested after a security X-ray machine at LaGuardia Airport pointed TSA agents to a gun in his carry-on bag, authorities said. The 9mm caliber handgun was loaded with eight bullets (see photo inset above), said Lisa Farbstein, a spokesperson for the Transportation Security Administration. It was the eighth firearm picked off by TSA officers at the Queens airport so far this year, she said. Port Authority police seized the gun and arrested the Westbury resident, Farbstein said. He told them that he "forgot that he had his gun with him," she said. In addi…

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Traveler Caught Trying To Bring Loaded Gun Aboard JFK Flight, TSA Says Traveler Caught Trying To Bring Loaded Gun Aboard JFK Flight, TSA Says
Traveler Caught Trying To Bring Loaded Gun Aboard JFK Flight, TSA Says A traveler was arrested at JFK Airport when he tried to bring a loaded gun onto a plane, authorities said. A TSA officer spotted the handgun on the checkpoint X-ray machine’s monitor after the Yonkers resident placed his belongings on the conveyor belt at the Queens airport security checkpoint on Wednesday, TSA Spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. Port Authority police were summoned, seized the 9mm handgun -- which was loaded with seven bullets -- and arrested the man on a weapons charge, Farbstein said. Passengers can travel with firearms only in checked baggage and if they're properly pack…

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TSA At Newark Airport Picks Off First Gun Of July 4th Weekend TSA At Newark Airport Picks Off First Gun Of July 4th Weekend
TSA At Newark Airport Picks Off First Gun Of July 4th Weekend The July Fourth weekend started off at Newark Airport's TSA security checkpoints with what wasn't exactly a bang but still drew a lot of attention. A TSA officer at a checkpoint X-ray monitor spotted a gun inside a traveler's carry-on bag, agency spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. It was the 10th firearm picked off at a Newark Airport checkpoint this year, she said. The man told officials that he "forgot that he had his loaded gun with him," Farbstein said. Port Authority police were alerted and took him into custody, Farbstein said. “This is lining up to be what is likely the busiest tr…

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'I Forgot,' 'I Didn't Know': Guns, Excuses Piling Up At Newark Airport Checkpoints 'I Forgot,' 'I Didn't Know': Guns, Excuses Piling Up At Newark Airport Checkpoints
'I Forgot,' 'I Didn't Know': Guns, Excuses Piling Up At Newark Airport Checkpoints It doesn’t rank with airports in Atlanta, Houston or Dallas in terms of numbers, but Newark Liberty has had what the TSA and Port Authority say are an alarming amount of guns seized from passengers trying to board planes with them. And most of those things are loaded. It's become an epidemic, said Thomas Carter, the Transportation Security Administration’s director for New Jersey, during a Wednesday news conference at the airport. “Guns and ammunition are never allowed to pass through a security checkpoint to be carried onto a flight, even if a traveler has a concealed carry permit,” Cart…

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'It's My Dad's': PA Man With Gun Arrested At Atlantic City Airport Checkpoint 'It's My Dad's': PA Man With Gun Arrested At Atlantic City Airport Checkpoint
'It's My Dad's': PA Man With Gun Arrested At Atlantic City Airport Checkpoint A Pennsylvania man who was caught trying to carry a loaded gun onto a flight at Atlantic City Airport claimed it wasn't his, federal authorities said. The Radnor, PA resident was seized when a Transportation Security Administration officer spotted the .38-caliber handgun as it passed through the X-ray monitor in a carry-on bag, TSA Spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. It was loaded with seven bullets, including one in the chamber, she said. "Security officials alerted New Jersey State Police, who confiscated the handgun and arrested the man," Farbstein said. "The man claimed that the carry-o…

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by Jerry DeMarco