"Guns and Ammo at U.S. Airports: Looking at One Day"

Friday, January 14, 2005

GUNS AND AMMO AT AIRPORTS/ LOOKING AT ONE DAY
The Miami (FL) Herald


The U.S. Transportation Security Administration says it detects guns and
ammunition in carry-on bags every day at airports across the country.

Here's a list of those detected on Tuesday:

12:08 a.m.Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Screeners detect a rifle
bolt in carry-on bag.

6 a.m.Boston Logan International. Screeners detect two 12-gauge shotgun
shells in carry-on bag.

6:30 a.m.Bluegrass Airport in Lexington, Ky. Screeners find one round of
.38-caliber ammunition in carry-on.

7:15 a.m.Shreveport Regional Airport, Louisiana. Screeners detect one round
of .22-short ammunition in passenger's jacket pocket.

8:40 a.m.Jackson International Airport, Mississippi. Screeners detect 19
rounds of rifle ammunition in a carry-on.

9 a.m.Ontario International Airport, California. Screeners detect 10 rounds
of .357-caliber ammunition in a carry-on.

9 a.m.Manchester Airport, New Hampshire. Screeners detect one round of
.22-caliber ammunition in a carry-on.

9 a.m.Syracuse (N.Y.) Hancock International Airport. Screeners detect one
round of .357-caliber ammunition in a carry-on.

10:10 a.m.Oakland International Airport, Cali. Screeners detect one round of
unknown caliber ammunition in a checked bag.

11:45 a.m.DallasFort-Worth Airport. Screeners detect four rounds of
.45-caliber ammunition in a carry-on.

1:49 p.m.San Jose International, California. A passenger did not declare his
firearm barrel and 51 rounds of 9mm ammunition with airport authorities.
Airlines mandate that passengers who want to bring guns on a plane must
declare and stow them by locking them -- unloaded -- in a secure box in
their checked baggage.

2:25 p.m.Sacramento International Airport, California. Screeners detect one
round of .40-caliber ammunition in a carry-on.

2:40 p.m.Salt Lake City International Airport. Screeners detect 16 rounds of
.300-caliber ammunition in carry-on.

3:15 p.m.Midway International Airport, Chicago. Screeners detect 18 rounds
of .38-caliber ammunition in carry-on.

3:45 p.m.Midway International Airport, Chicago. Screeners detect nine rounds
of .22-caliber ammunition in passenger's jacket pocket.

4:30 p.m.Dallas Love Field Airport. Screeners detect an undeclared loaded
.357-caliber, six-shot revolver in passenger's checked baggage. Passenger
told authorities he had "no knowledge" of the gun.

4:50 p.m.Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle. Screeners detect one round of 5.56mm
ammunition in a carry-on.

5:45 p.m.MWA/Williamson County Regional Airport, Marion, Illinois. Screeners
detect three 12-gauge shotgun shells in a carry-on.

6:40 p.m.Amarillo International Airport, Texas. Screeners detect 50 rounds
of .22-caliber ammunition in carry-on.

6:40 p.m.Las Vegas McCarran International Airport. Screeners detect two
rounds of 9mm ammunition in a carry-on.

7:40 p.m.Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle. Screeners detect seven rounds of
.380-caliber ammunition in a carry on.

8 p.m.Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Screeners detect a
loaded 9mm firearm in a carry-on.

8:35 p.m.Newark Liberty International Airport. Screeners detect one round of
.38-caliber ammunition in carry-on.

9:15 p.m.Salt Lake City International Airport. Screeners detect 50 rounds of
.22-caliber ammunition in carry-on.

11:55 p.m.Las Vegas McCarran International Airport. Screeners detect one
round of .40-caliber ammunition in passenger's jacket.

All times are Eastern Standard.

SOURCE: Transportation Security Administration


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