TSA Stops 100th Firearm At CLT Airport In 2024

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Transportation Security Administration detected the 100th firearm this year at Charlotte Douglas International Airport after a man allegedly attempted to carry a loaded firearm onto an airplane on Tuesday.

On Tuesday morning, a TSA officer detected a firearm in a man’s carry-on bag at checkpoint one. Police were immediately alerted to the location and confirmed that a .380 caliber firearm was loaded with eight rounds of ammunition.

β€œIn addition to the serious safety risk these incidents pose, they can also slow down the screening process for all passengers when we’re forced to temporarily close down a lane as a result of the firearm detection,” said Beth Walker, TSA’s Federal Security Director at CLT.

The 64-year-old man was cited on a state charge, officials said.

This is the 100th firearm detected at Charlotte Douglas in 2024. That number has gradually risen the past three years – 82 in 2021, and 96 in 2022 and 2023.