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A loaded 9 mm handgun was confiscated at Pittsburgh International Airport last week after a Westmoreland County man tried to bring the weapon in his carry-on bag.

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Transportation Security Administration officers said the gun was spotted in the checkpoint X-ray machine Friday. The Ligonier man was arrested on a weapons charge. TSA officials said the man did not have a valid permit to carry a firearm.

“Part of being a responsible gun owner is knowing the importance of having a valid license to carry and knowing not to bring a firearm to a TSA security checkpoint,” said Karen Keys-Turner, TSA’s Federal Security Director for the airport.

This was the eighth instance of a gun being seized at the airport this year. Thirty-two were found over the course of 2021.

Nationwide, TSA officers detected 5,972 firearms on passengers or their carry-on bags at checkpoints last year. Of the guns caught by TSA in 2022, about 86% were loaded.

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