Re: Gun, bullets and pocket knife found in 86-year-old's carry-on at Logan Airport

On 09 Jan 2022, Molly Bolt <[email protected]> posted some
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> He voted for Biden and Harris so they let him go.

BOSTON - Airport security stopped an 86-year-old man from taking a gun, 
bullets and pocket knife with him onto a plane in Boston on Saturday, the 
Transportation Security Administration said.

A TSA security screening detected the unloaded .38 pistol, as well as the 
five rounds and the pocketknife, in the New Hampshire man's carry-on. 

Massachusetts State Police questioned the man and confiscated the gun 
before letting him continue with his trip. He told troopers he meant to 
check the weapon, the TSA said.

This is the first time officers have detected a gun at Logan security in 
2024. Last there, there were 18 guns found at security checkpoints.

"I strongly urge all gun owners to ensure they know where their firearm is 
before traveling to the airport," TSA federal security director for 
Massachusetts Bob Alliston said in a statement.

Violators can face a $3,000 fine the first time they are found to have a 
gun and gun parts at security. Unloaded firearms can only be packed as 
checked baggage inside a locked hard-sided container, the TSA website 
says. 

The TSA found a record number of guns at airports across the country last 
year. The discovery of 6,737 guns was the highest total since the agency 
was created in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/logan-airport-boston-gun-knife-
police/?intcid=CNR-01-0623