Atlanta’s airport set a record during the first quarter of this year in the amount of guns caught at security checkpoints.
Transportation Security Administration officers found 94 guns at security checkpoints during the first quarter of 2022, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. That set a record, and compares to 89 guns detected in carry-on bags in the same period last year.
Last year, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport broke previous annual records with 507 firearms detected.
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