Police arrest local woman after TSA detects handgun at Pittsburgh International Airport

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Police Arrest Local Woman After TSA Detects Handgun at Pittsburgh International Airport Security Checkpoint

May 2020

PITTSBURGH – Transportation Security Administration officers at Pittsburgh International Airport continue to remain vigilant during the COVID-19 pandemic and stopped an Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, woman from bringing a handgun on an airplane on Friday, May 15.

A TSA officer spotted the unloaded .22 revolver on the checkpoint X-ray machine’s monitor. It was found in her carry-on bag. TSA contacted the Allegheny County Police, which responded to the checkpoint, confiscated the handgun and detained the woman, a resident of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, for questioning prior to arresting her.

Nationwide last year, 4,432 firearms were discovered in carry-on bags at checkpoints across the country, averaging about 12.1 firearms per day, approximately a 5% increase nationally in firearm discoveries from the total of 4,239 detected in 2018. Eighty-seven percent of firearms detected at checkpoints last year were loaded.

As a reminder, individuals who bring firearms to the checkpoint are subject to possible criminal charges from law enforcement. Even travelers with concealed firearm permits are not allowed to bring guns onto airplanes in their carry-on bags. If you’re a TSA Pre✓® member, then you could even lose your status. TSA reserves the right to issue civil penalties for individuals who bring guns to checkpoints. The complete list of penalties is posted online.


https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/relea...gun-pittsburgh

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Nationwide last year, 4,432 firearms were discovered in carry-on bags at checkpoints across the country, averaging about 12.1 firearms per day, approximately a 5% increase nationally in firearm discoveries from the total of 4,239 detected in 2018.

Perhaps this number will increase, hopefully

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On second thought, Patriot Act and TSA have been most destructive to our liberty, in terms of freedom and financial.

TSA, nobody is permitted to self-defense/carry a gun, bring along more than 3 little ounces of shampoo or tooth paste, patting down and searches without a warrant.

It is bad enough that the left wing thinks this is fine and dandy, but even the right wing accepts all of this as the new normal.

This is one example. Now that trace-tracking, facial and other real-time scans are being rolled out without need for a warrant, heading directly into a full-blown police state, not just while traveling, but into every single aspect of our everyday lives, there is no turning back.

And regardless of what side you are on, who you support politically, one thing will be in harmonious common among the left and the right: you will accept and comply with this “new normal”.