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TSA: Number of handguns detected at tri-state airports went up in 2021

TSA officers stopped 26 handguns at New York City-area airport checkpoints in 2021, an increase from the 17 guns caught in 2020, the agency says.

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Jan 18, 2022, 11:20 AM

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