Maryland Woman Faces Hefty Fine After TSA Seizes Loaded Gun at Airport on Christmas Eve

Incident marked the 39th gun that TSA checkpoint officers detected at Virginia’s Ronald Reagan National Airport in 2023.
Maryland Woman Faces Hefty Fine After TSA Seizes Loaded Gun at Airport on Christmas Eve
A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent screens carry-on baggage at Los Angeles International Airport on Aug. 10, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Katabella Roberts
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Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Virginia’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport confiscated a loaded handgun from a woman attempting to take it onto a flight on Christmas Eve, according to officials.

The unidentified woman, from Bethesda, Maryland, had packed the 9mm gun loaded with six bullets in her carry-on bag, the agency said in a statement.
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