A gun the TSA found at the Chattanooga Airport, August 16, 2013.VIDEO
This story is featured in today’s TimesFreePress newscast.
A Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport traveler faces up to $7,500 in civil penalties for carrying a loaded .357-caliber revolver in a carry-on bag Friday morning. It is the second incident of its kind this year at Chattanooga’s airport.
According to a Transportation Security Administration news release, TSA officers discovered the gun about 5 a.m. and alerted airport police, who took possession of it.
TSA rules state that weapons of any kind are not permitted in carry-on luggage.
Atlanta-based TSA spokesman Jon Allen said Friday that “it’s not uncommon” for travelers to either forget weapons in bags or try to slip them past security.