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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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by Jerry DeMarco
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LaGuardia, Newark Airports Make TSA List: Top 10 Most Unusual Finds At Checkpoints LaGuardia, Newark Airports Make TSA List: Top 10 Most Unusual Finds At Checkpoints
LaGuardia, Newark Airports Make TSA List: Top 10 Most Unusual Finds At Checkpoints Giant scissors. Snakes in a computer hard drive. Ice ax. These are some of TSA's "Top 10 Most Unusual Finds at Checkpoints." Among them, tuxedo grenades found in luggage at Newark Liberty International Airport (No. 4) and a concealed knife in baby carrier at LaGuardia (No. 6). WATCH TSA'S FULL VIDEO ABOVE.

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by Cecilia Levine