State’s sheriffs on board with renewed effort to stop guns at airport checkpoints with possible loss of carry permits

Passengers walk past signs reminding that gun are not permitted through the TSA checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.

Passengers walk past signs reminding that gun are not permitted through the TSA checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.

TSA agents confiscated this loaded gun and two magazines at a Pittsburgh International Airport checkpoint in August.

Hundreds of Allegheny County residents wait in line along Monongahela Avenue in Glassport to apply for a permit to carry a concealed gun permits during an event sponsored by Allegheny County Sheriff’s Department. The sheriff, who hosts these sign-up events through the year to make it easier for people to apply for a permit, said while he supports a state Sheriff’s Association proposal to inform gun owners about the proper way to fly with a gun, he won’t consider revoking permits for people who are caught at a checkpoint with a firearm unless criminal charges are filed.

Allegheny County residents wait in a line for processing for concealed carry permit applications by the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Department at the Glassport Senior Center this summer.

Transportation Security Administration screeners prevented a man from carrying this handgun through the security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport in April.

A loaded .38-caliber handgun confiscated at Pittsburgh International Airport in January.

A Clarion County woman was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Pittsburgh International Airport on Sept. 24 when they detected a loaded .38-caliber handgun among her belongings.

A woman was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Pittsburgh International Airport on Sept. 26 when they detected a loaded .38-caliber handgun in the woman’s backpack.