TSA officers detected a gun at Boston Logan Worldwide Airport for the primary time this yr on Saturday morning, the Transportation Safety Administration introduced.
The 86-year-old New Hampshire man had the .38 Particular with 5 rounds and a pocketknife in his carry-on, TSA mentioned, and he informed officers he’d initially meant to examine the gun.
The weaponry was confiscated by a State trooper and the person was allowed to proceed, TSA mentioned.
This was the primary firearm detected on the airport this yr, however wasn’t the primary within the area — a Connecticut man was arrested at Bradley Worldwide Airport on Jan. 24 after he was discovered to be carrying a gun with no license.
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The general pattern for bringing weapons into New England airports elevated in 2024 with a complete of 52 firearms detected all through the 9 New England airports in 2023 — 5 greater than the earlier document of 47 set in 2022, in accordance with the TSA.
The one New England airport to see fewer firearms being introduced in was Boston Logan, at 18 weapons detected. In 2022, an all-time excessive of 31 firearms had been intercepted on the Boston airport.
It’s unlawful to carry a gun to the airport in your carry-on bag; all passengers should journey with firearms unloaded in checked baggage, packed individually from ammunition in a locked hardback case and declared on the airline check-in counter.
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Transportation safety officers instantly contact regulation enforcement when a firearm is detected, who take away the passenger and firearm from the checkpoint space. TSA doesn’t confiscate firearms.
Passengers could face motion by the hands of regulation enforcement, will be fined as much as $15,000, may have their TSA PreCheck eligibility revoked for at the least 5 years and will have enhanced screening.
For extra info on find out how to correctly journey with a firearm, go to: the transporting firearms and ammunition web page on TSA.gov, and think about the entire checklist of penalties on TSA.gov.
