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New Orleans LA Oct 1 2012 After reports of two loadedguns making it past airport screeners and on to passenger flights this week,one congressman says "hundreds" of prohibited items get pastscreeners every day, a situation he calls "intolerable."
In one of the incidents last week, Transportation SecurityAdministration screeners allowed a New Orleans Hornets executive to board aplane from New Orleans to Newark, N.J.,with a loaded handgun in his baggage.
Hornets Vice President Joshua Richardson reportedly took thebag with the gun on his trip by accident, saying it belonged to his wife.
The loaded gun went undetected on the first leg of his trip.
While there are conflicting reports on whether Richardson carried theloaded gun in a carry on or checked bag, the TSA has confirmed to ABC News thateven checked firearms must be unloaded.
However, the agency said it would be less of a securitythreat if the gun was in a checked bag.
New York Port Authority police told The New York Post thatTSA officials learned of the mistake on Friday night, when Richardson attemptedto board a flight home from Newark back to New Orleans with the .38-caliber gunstill packed away in his luggage.
Just one day earlier in Orlando, TSA officers missed another loadedgun. This time, a firefighter had mistakenly left the gun in her purse andcarried it right through security screening and on to her plane. Thefirefighter realized on her own what had happened and alerted authorities.
Rep. John Mica, the Florida Republican who chairs the HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee, told WFTV he believes the mishapsat TSA that are coming to light now are just an indication of the true scope ofthe security threat.
"Unfortunately the reports I get, it's not just thisone weapon. It's hundreds of items every day," Mica said. "It can'tbe tolerated."
In Dallas,the TSA couldn't keep up with a 65-year old grandmother who also had a gun getby screeners in January.
"It makes me feel concerned about what's really goingon," passenger Michael McCullough said at the time.
In a statement to ABC News, the TSA stressed its manysuccesses.
"TSA screens nearly 2 million people every day,including their carry-on and checked luggage. An average four firearms areintercepted every day at airport checkpoints. This year alone, travelers haveattempted to carry nearly 1,100 weapons through security and into the sterilearea, attempts thwarted by TSA Officers," an agency spokesman said.
The agency stressed it takes incidents like these seriouslyand is conducting a full review of each.
ABC has also confirmed the officer who allowed the Orlando firefighter topass through security with a loaded gun, has been removed from screening dutiespending an ongoing review and possible further disciplinary action.
Source:ABC News