Loaded gun confiscated by TSA at Syracuse airport

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A Syracuse man had a loaded gun confiscated at the TSA security checkpoint at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport, on Wednesday, September 18.

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The TSA said it was a 9mm handgun loaded with nine bullets.

The man with the gun said he did not know he had it with him and was traveling with a bag he usually takes to a firing range.

He faces a “stiff federal financial civil penalty for carrying a firearm to a checkpoint that is likely to cost him thousands of dollars,” the TSA stated.

The fine for bringing a weapon to a security checkpoint can be as high as $15,000, according to the TSA.

“Our officers are good at their jobs, and this was the fourth firearm they have intercepted at the airport so far this year,” said Bart R. Johnson, TSA’s Federal Security Director for Upstate New York. “It is just one week from the 23 ^rd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on our nation. It was covered on all media outlets—newspapers, television, radio, and social media last week, yet somehow this individual did not connect that to the fact that nobody can bring a firearm or any other weapon on a flight. Knowing that you cannot carry a firearm onto your flight is part of being a responsible gun owner.”

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