INDIANAPOLIS — Transportation Security Administration officers have confiscated more guns at Indianapolis International Airport checkpoints this year than in all of 2022.
TSA said 70 firearms have been found so far in 2023. In all of 2022, 68 firearms were stopped at Indianapolis airport checkpoints.
Three loaded guns were recently stopped over two days from Sept. 13-14.
“Bringing a firearm to a security checkpoint not only slows down the individuals in that lane, but it slows everyone in line behind them down and is a security and safety concern," Indiana TSA Federal Security Director Aaron Batt said. "Guns should never be brought to the security checkpoint in carry-on luggage.”
The penalty for bringing a gun to a TSA checkpoint can be as high as a $14,950 fine.
Passengers can travel with a gun in a checked bag as long as it is unloaded, packed separately from ammunition in a locked hardback case and declared at the airline check-in counter.