CHARLOTTE, NC — More than 100 firearms were found in travelers' carry-on luggage last year in North Carolina airports, according to the Transportation Security Administration. Of the state's 10 airports, Charlotte Douglas International airport led the state in the number of weapons discovered.
"While all airports in North Carolina had lower firearm totals overall, the rate of firearms increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic decreasing passenger throughputs across the state."
In 2020, TSA reported finding 55 firearms in passenger carry-on luggage in Charlotte, despite a significant reduction in the number of passengers departing from the airport for the year.
Atlanta was first in the nation with 231 firearms found, followed by Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport with 176 weapons found.
Here's how many guns were found in North Carolina airports in 2020:
- Charlotte Douglas International — 55
- Raleigh-Durham International — 33
- Piedmont Triad International — 6
- Asheville Regional — 5
- Wilmington International — 3
- Fayetteville Regional — 2
- Albert J. Ellis Airport — 1
- Concord-Padgett Regional — 0
- Coastal Carolina Regional — 0
- Pitt-Greenville Airport — 0
While the number of gun discoveries decreased from 2019 to 2020 — Charlotte joined all North Carolina airports with fewer carry-on firearms found — the more-than-50-percent drop in passengers for the year drove up the discovery rate.
TSA screened approximately 324 million passengers in 2020, only about 39 percent of the roughly 824 million passengers who passed through security checkpoints in 2019, according to TSA reports. That makes the discovery rate — 10.2 per firearms per million passengers — more than twice the five discoveries per million of 2019 and the highest rate since TSA began, authorities said.
According to TSA, a firearm is found for every 99,583 passengers nationwide. In North Carolina, one firearm was found out of every 81,714 screened passengers.
The penalties for carrying a firearm to a TSA checkpoint include criminal citations, fines of between $2,050 and $10,250, and the possibility of losing privileged traveler status such as TSA PreCheck, but are administered on a case-by-case basis.
Marcus Garner, Patch staff, contributed
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