The TSA at Newark Liberty International Airport stopped 21 firearms at airport security checkpoints, an increase over the 20 stopped the year prior. This number has been steadily increasing at Newark since 2019, when TSA agents intercepted 11 loaded guns.

Let’s fly the gun-free skies. Travelers tried slipping more than 6,600 guns past Transportation Security Administration agents last year — with 41 of those firearms found in carry-ons of those passing through LaGuardia,

The TSA says passengers attempted to bring fewer firearms into DTW security checkpoints last year than in 2023.