Skift Take
The TSA is likely doing a better job identifying firearms at a time when more and more irresponsible gun owners are either purposefully or mistakenly attempting to smuggle them onboard.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered nearly 3,400 firearms in carry-on bags last year at U.S. airports, an average of nine per day across 238 airports.
"3,391 firearms were discovered in carry-on bags at checkpoints across the country, averaging more than nine firearms per day," writes the TSA on its blog. "Of those, 2,815 (83 percent) were loaded. Firearms were intercepted
