TSA agents have recovered more than 5,000 firearms so far this year that were not secured properly through U.S. airports.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says it has intercepted thousands of guns at airport security checkpoints as of September.

TSA detected over 5,000 firearms at U.S. airport checkpoints so far in 2024, with 93% of them loaded, and ready for action.

The number of firearms intercepted at airport security checkpoints by TSA has decreased, though the number is still staggering.

TSA agents have stopped 40 guns at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport checkpoints through the first nine months of 2024, officials say. The detections put MSP Airport at about the same pace as 2023 for gun detections when 53 firearms were discovered for the year.

Airline passengers wait at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint in the airport terminal in Denver, Colorado. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via People keep trying to bring an alarming number of guns through airport security checkpoints.

Firearms, fireworks, razor blades, knives, slingshots and much more are banned at airports across the nation, but just how many does security catch?

The Transportation Security Administration said it had stopped more than 5,000 guns from breaching its checkpoints at airports so far this year.

The TSA is out with new numbers showing the amount of guns stopped at checkpoints so far this year. They says 40 firearms were detected and stopped at checkpoints in the first nine months of the year at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport.