{"id":349082,"date":"2018-02-20T13:57:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T12:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/dont-get-caught-in-the-tsas-net\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T13:57:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T12:57:36","slug":"dont-get-caught-in-the-tsas-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/dont-get-caught-in-the-tsas-net\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Get Caught in the TSA\u2019s Net"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1 in 200,000 Passengers Forgot a Gun in Carry-on<\/em><\/p>\n

Arizona<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0In 2017, 771,556,886 passengers traveled through 440 federally secured airports. Of those, only\u00a03,957 forget that a firearm<\/a>\u00a0was in their carry-on baggage.<\/p>\n

There are over 400 million private firearms in the United States, 16 million people with permits to carry firearms, and 13 states where no permit is required to carry a concealed weapon.\u00a0 That less than 4,000 forgot a firearm in their carry-on is amazingly low.<\/p>\n

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That is one for every 200,000 passengers.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n


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Just a little over 1\/3 or 34.8% of the firearms had a round in the chamber. They could not have been accidentally discharged in the luggage.<\/p>\n

TSA says 84% were \u201cloaded\u201d, so 50% must have had rounds in the magazine, but not in the chamber.<\/p>\n

Most of the firearms found in carry-ons were brought without the intention of doing so. TSA gives this advice:<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re grabbing a bag, suitcase, briefcase, jacket or other item you haven\u2019t used in a while, be sure to give it the onceover so you don\u2019t accidentally take something prohibited to the checkpoint. Many people who have brought guns, ammunition, knives and other prohibited item say that they did so unknowingly. You can travel with your firearms in checked baggage, but they must first be declared to the airline.\u00a0You can go here for more details on how to properly travel with your firearms.<\/a>\u00a0Firearm possession laws vary by state and locality. Travelers should familiarize themselves with state and local firearm laws for each point of travel prior to departure.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

People make mistakes. They get in a hurry. They grab a jacket or bag on the way to the airport and do not carefully check all the compartments or pockets. I ended up carrying a…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1 in 200,000 Passengers Forgot a Gun in Carry-on Arizona\u00a0\u2013\u00a0In 2017, 771,556,886 passengers traveled through 440 federally secured airports. Of those, only\u00a03,957 forget that a firearm\u00a0was in their carry-on baggage. There are over 400 million private firearms in the United States, 16 million people with permits to carry firearms, and 13 states where no permit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-349082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}