TSA found 70 guns at airport security checkpoints over Independence Day weekend
WASHINGTON / CNN — The number of guns found at American airport security checkpoints is fast approaching the number caught in all of 2020, officials said. The uptick in firearm discoveries is slowing down screening lines as more and more people return to air travel. In the first six months of 2021, Transportation Security Administration officers uncovered almost 3,000 firearms, spokeswoman Sarah Rodriguez said. In 2020, when air travel was depressed by the COVID-19 pandemic, officers found 3,257 firearms. In 2019, officers found 4,432 guns. During the July 4 weekend, TSA officers stopped...