Airport security screeners confiscated a record number of guns in carry-on bags last year, and most of them were loaded. The Transportation Security Administration said it discovered 3,391 guns in carry-ons at checkpoints in 2016, a 28% increase from the year before. The number of guns confiscated at checkpoints has climbed every year since 2007. In a blog post, the TSA asked passengers to give their luggage a once-over before they bring it to the airport. "Many people who have brought guns, ammunition, knives and other prohibited items say that they did so unknowingly," the agency wrote.

Source: CNN January 12, 2017 21:01 UTC