Pro tip: Pay the bag fee and check your gun.
TSA hasn’t offered insight into why flyers are ignoring the procedures and waltzing up to security with guns in tow, but aviation security expertsuspects the culprits just don’t fly much. “Although it sounds very sensational, in reality these firearm detections may be more benign than people realize,” Jacobson said. He emphasized that only about 12 guns were seized—from over 2 million people being screened—per day.
What about the weapons the TSA doesn’t detect? Studies estimate TSA fails to detect an unsettling 70 toof weapons, depending on the test. But Jacobson said that most missed test weapons are improvised explosive devices. Firearms are much easier to spot since they have a “particular structure, shape, and form,” he said.
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