More Americans are trying to take their weapons on planes

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More Americans are trying to take their weapons on planes
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Guns are found more often at airports in states with loose gun laws such as Texas and Georgia, where people often carry a gun as others carry their keys

Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskAtlanta’s airport also holds a less desirable accolade: as the airport where the most Americans are caught trying to bring guns through security. In 2021 Transportation Security Administration agents found 507 guns in passengers’ hand luggage, a record. In the first six months of this year, another 200 were caught—a slight dip on the same period last year. More visible signage in the airport may have helped.

Across America, the number of guns found each year has been rising sharply. Occasionally weapons even scarier than guns are intercepted. In 2019 officials at Baltimore-Washington airport found a rocket launcher in the luggage of a Texan man flying home from Kuwait. In 2020, even though the number of passengers flying in America fell by 60% compared with 2019, the number of guns found decreased by only 27%.

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