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Common Excuse for Guns at Airport: 'Oops'

By Allan LengelNov 25th 2009 – 7:20PM

WASHINGTON (Nov. 25) -- A lot of things became off-limits at airports after Sept. 11, 2001, but a surprising number of passengers still get caught with a particularly big no-no: firearms. The Transportation Security Administration says that so far this year 793 firearms have been discovered at U.S. airport checkpoints --...

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  • 05/11/12 Man brings gun to airport Source: CBS - TampaBays10.com - Tampa Bay FL A Largo man was arrested Thursday after TSA agents found a gun in his backpack while he was going through security at St. Pete/Clearwater Airport.
  • 04/25/12 Man arrested for gun at airport Source: The Jamestown Sun - Jamestown ND A 25-year-old Mandan man was arrested for attempting to bring a loaded handgun through security at the Bismarck Airport.
  • 05/27/11 Passengers packing heat at S.L. airport? Source: Airport Business A decade after 9/11, most people in America know what to do ? and what not to do ? at airport security checkpoints.
  • 05/25/11 Passengers packing heat at S.L. airport? Source: Deseret News A decade after 9/11, most people in America know what to do — and what not to do — at airport security checkpoints.

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