PITTSBURGH — Transportation Security Administration officers stopped two people with handguns at Pittsburgh International Airport within an hour of each other Tuesday.
A Pittsburgh resident showed up with a 9mm handgun with 17 bullets loaded in it along with a separate magazine fully loaded. Less than an hour later, an Oakdale man showed up with an unloaded 9mm gun.
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A typical first offense for carrying a loaded handgun into an airport’s security checkpoint is $4,100 and can be more than $13,000 depending on the circumstances.
In both instances, TSA officials said the guns were found on the X-ray machine’s monitor at the security checkpoint.
TSA agents have caught 16 guns so far at the Pittsburgh airport this year.
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