The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded Smith and Wesson 9mm handgun in a passenger’s carry-on bag around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at an Indianapolis International Airport checkpoint. TSA agents immediately alerted airport police, who took possession of the bag and cited the passenger with local charges. While firearms may be transported in checked baggage provided …read more.

Two men, one of which was an airline employee, were arrested in separate incidents involving loaded handguns at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago March 27. Transportation Security Administration agents using an X-ray machine on the carry-on bag of James Long, 50, an airline employee, detected a loaded 9 mm Ruger ST40C inside around noon Friday. …read more.