>>Virgina Airports Sets New Records For Guns Caught Through Security
(Richmond, VA) -- The Richmond International Airport along with multiple of other Virgina airports sets records for the most guns caught at its checkpoints in a year. Katie Gray reports.Preview: SCRIPT
Officials say there were a total of four airports in Virginia which set records for the most guns caught at their checkpoints with Richmond International Airport among the highest on the list with 32 guns caught by security. Those other airports include Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport with 41 guns, and Norfolk International Airport with 34 guns. A spokesperson for the TSA tells WRIC that there were a hundred an 45 handguns intercepted at Virginia airport security checkpoints last year. Nationwide, TSA reports officials detected over 6 thousand 6 hundred firearms at airport checkpoints in 2024,