"I forgot." TSA officials have intercepted 5,072 guns this year

[Maxrobot]

“The number one excuse we get when people come through and we detect a firearm in their carry-on bag is that they forgot the firearm is in there,” Dan Velez, a TSA spokesperson, said."

TSA says US on track to break records with firearms seized at airport checkpoints

Across the country in this last quarter, the TSA said they confiscated about 19.8 firearms per day, and about 94 percent of them were loaded.

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[Dennis in MA]

#2 being "I'm gonna take this MF plane down, man!"

 

[tuna]

Worst thing, is I can honestly believe the "I forgot" - to a point anyway.

I don't air travel, so when I do travel, I'll throw whatever into one of my duffel bags or backpacks and go do my thing. When I return, I'm not great at emptying the bag for a while. If there's a spare gun in there that I'm not actively looking for, it could be in the bag for a while. If another trip came up, I can see grabbing that bag as mostly packed and top it off with some underwear and socks and call it good.

Because I do in fact have at least two brain cells to knock together, I would for sure check the hell out of a bag for a gun before I go to the airport.

However, I once did find a knife in my backpack that managed to get through several airports. It wasn't big, but big enough I'd have a nice chat if someone saw it. It had somehow gotten into the seam and hid itself nicely at the bottom. Never discovered and I know it went through Bradley, Denver and Chicago (I smoke when I fly, so I go out and back through security). That was an honest forget, but a folding knife if easier to hide from you than a pistol.