TSA Sees Jump In Guns At BWI Airport Checkpoints

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Transportation Security Administration reports a 50 percent increase in the number of firearms detected at checkpoints at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport last year.
At BWI, TSA officers found 24 guns in 2016. Compare that to the 16 that were detected in 2015, which is a 50 percent increase.
Across the U.S. the TSA discovered 3,391 firearms in carry-on bags at airport checkpoints in 2016, which is up from the 2