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19: Fewer Flying, But More Caught Carrying Guns At Airports
An Essex County traveler caught trying to bring a loaded gun through a Newark Airport checkpoint late last week wasn't a rarity: Even though far fewer people are flying because of the coronavirus, the TSA says, more passengers are packin'. Airline traveler volume since the pandemic hit has been 60% to 80% lower than last year. Yet, with 11 weeks left in 2020, the TSA reports as many guns seized this year as in all of 2019, "when passenger volume was significantly more robust," said Thomas Carter, the TSA’s security director for New Jersey. Some examples: A Pennsylvania man was caught wit…
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Halloween Scene: Traveler Tries Bringing Jumbo Kitchen Knife Aboard LaGuardia Flight
Other than to carve a Halloween pumpkin, a TSA spokeswoman asked why anyone would try to bring a jumbo kitchen knife aboard a flight after agents intercepted one at a LaGuardia Airport checkpoint. Agents nabbed a traveler with the "crazy-big" knife -- with an eight-inch blade -- at the Queens airport on Thursday, TSA Transportation Security Administration Public Affairs spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. This comes after they found a "razor-sharp" throwing star among a traveler's carry-on items as he passed through the checkpoint. "Sorry, but martial arts weapons, by definition, are weapon…
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TSA: Passenger Tries Bringing Large Sword Onto Plane At Newark, Other Weapons Seized Nationwide
A man who tried carrying a large sword onto a plane at Newark Airport was nabbed by TSA agents. He apparently thought he could carry it past a security checkpoint because of its value, TSA Transportation Security Administration Public Affairs spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said Monday. “Doesn't matter to TSA how much the weapon is worth,” Farbstein said. “No weapons should be brought in the cabin of a plane.” It was one of several weapons that TSA agents found people illegally carrying through checkpoints at airports throughout the country the past few days. A passenger at Seattle-Tacoma Int…