TSA agents claim Sarver woman stopped for gun
A Sarver woman was stopped by airport security after she allegedly brought a handgun through a security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport.
Transportation Security Administration agents stopped the woman after they saw the gun as it passed through the X-ray machine Sunday, according to a TSA news release.
Neither the woman's name nor age were released.
Travelers are not permitted to carry their guns onto airplanes. However, passengers are permitted to transport their firearms as checked baggage if they are properly packed and declared at their airline ticket counter to be transported in the belly of the plane.
Checked firearms must be unloaded, packed in a hard-sided case, locked and packed separately from ammunition.
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