TSA officials can levy civil penalties — fines of up to $14,950 for repeat violations — and agency officials weigh factors such as whether the firearm was loaded.

Jeff Price, an airport security coordinator-trainer and a professor of aviation management at the Metropolitan State University of Denver in Colorado, has an extensive background in airport ...

A Lego set stuffed with gun parts and a sunglasses case filled with snakes were among some of the top “catches” that officers with the Transportation Security Administration made in 2024,