Americans still love bringing guns to the airport, and 2016 was a record year

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When packing up to get on the plane, you might want to leave that loaded gun at home. 

That might sound obvious, but 2016 actually saw the highest number of guns seized at airport security checkpoints — almost 3,400 firearms and 83 percent of them loaded — since the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was founded in 2001, the government agency announced on Thursday.

A total of 3,391 guns were seized at nearly 240 different airports across the country. Last year, TSA agents uncovered over 2,650 guns at security checkpoints. That marks a 28 percent jump from 2015 to 2016, although the agency notes there was also 43 million more passengers in 2016 than the year before. Read more...

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