Man Attempts to Bring Loaded Gun on Flight at Reagan National: TSA

PHOTO: Loaded firearm confiscated by TSA Wednesday at Reagan National Airport; photo courtesy of TSA

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ARLINGTON, VA — Transportation Security Administration officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) stopped a Prince William County man Wednesday from bringing a loaded handgun onto a flight to San Francisco, the TSA said Thursday in a news release.

The Woodbridge resident was stopped at the checkpoint with the firearm, a compact 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, which was fully loaded including a bullet in the gun’s chamber, the TSA said. He was cited by Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) Police on weapons charges after the TSA officer who was staffing the checkpoint X-ray machine detected the handgun as it passed along the conveyor belt along with the traveler’s carry-on items, the TSA said.

When the TSA officers spotted the gun, they immediately contacted the MWAA Police Department. When police arrived at the checkpoint, they confiscated the firearm and cited the man. There was no impact to airport operations.

Read up here on TSA regulations regarding traveling/transporting firearms.