{"id":23085,"date":"2024-01-26T05:45:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T11:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=23085"},"modified":"2024-01-26T05:45:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T11:45:51","slug":"austin-tsa-agents-recover-4-fully-loaded-guns-from-security-check-points-in-1-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=23085","title":{"rendered":"Austin TSA agents recover 4 fully loaded guns from security check points in 1 day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Four fully loaded firearms were recovered by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/austin\"><u>Austin-Bergstrom International Airport<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;TSA checkpoints in a single day, according to a TSA spokesperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">On Jan. 21, TSA reported that the guns were found at security checkpoints and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/travel\"><u>did not make it onboard a plane.<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;To date, 11 guns have been found at TSA checkpoints at the Austin airport in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Austin Police Department was notified about the gun discovery. The owners of the guns now face a fine of $15,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;TSA doesn\u2019t confiscate or seize any items, including firearms. When it\u2019s suspected that a traveler has a gun in a carry-on bag, local law enforcement is called, and they take the case for adjudication and possible referral for prosecution,&#8221; a TSA spokesperson told Fox News Digital.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Law enforcement is then guided by the gun laws in each state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;Some states allow open carry and don\u2019t require permits, while others require permits, classes and no open carry,&#8221; TSA said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">According to the TSA, guns are only allowed to travel in checked bags, not inside a carry-on. The guns must also be unloaded and then packed in a hard-sided locked case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">TSA is also responsible for issuing fines and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\"><u>the traveler is also suspended<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;from participating in TSAPreCheck from five years to life, TSA said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The number of guns discovered by TSA officers at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport security checkpoints has steadily increased each year since 2018, except for a small decrease between 2022 and 2023, with 150 in 2022 and 118 in 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/austin-tsa-agents-recover-4-fully-loaded-guns-security-check-points-1-day\">Foxnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four fully loaded firearms were recovered by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents at&nbsp;Austin-Bergstrom International Airport&nbsp;TSA checkpoints in a single day, according to a TSA spokesperson. On Jan. 21, TSA reported that the guns were found at security checkpoints and&nbsp;did not make it onboard a plane.&nbsp;To date, 11 guns have been found at TSA checkpoints at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1154],"tags":[1486,2286,1538,2547,26143,5076,2548],"class_list":["post-23085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-airport","tag-austin","tag-bullets","tag-guns","tag-security-checkpoint","tag-seized","tag-tsa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23087,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23085\/revisions\/23087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}