Originally Posted By SuperDry I was looking at the TSA website on a completely unrelated matter, and noticed that they have "TSA Week At A Glance" section where they give various statistics. For the week of 9/21 - 9/27, there were 20 firearms found at checkpoints. Not having any reason to think that that week was any different than any other, that's about 1000 guns found annually! And I suspect that "I forgot" or "I didn't know it was there" really is the honest answer in most cases. Amazing.