TSA Reminding Travelers Of What Not To Bring Through Security

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LINTHICUM, Md. (WJZ) — There’s a increasing fig of radical trying to bring done items astatine BWI that are banned. From capsicum spray to ammo, the items are endless.

Even though the TSA is made adjustments during the pandemic, they privation to fto you cognize of the dos and don’ts of traveling.

Lighters. Pepper spray. Even hollow constituent bullets. Across the country, officers are uncovering much full-size bottles of water, intoxicant and different quality products.

“If you privation to bring liquid, gels and aerosols successful connected a carry-on, it needs to beryllium successful one-quart size bag, 1 container idiosyncratic and the bounds connected the size is 3.4 ounces,” Lisa Farbstein, a spokesperson for TSA, said.

Ammunition is besides regularly being confiscated and a increasing fig of guns are besides being recovered — A grounds magnitude of guns being seized.

The existent gait is 5,600 by the extremity of the year, easy breaking the grounds of 4,400 stopped successful 2019.

“I deliberation it’s insane,” said Zach Gordon of Bethesda. “I can’t ideate wherefore idiosyncratic would privation to bash that and wherefore the numbers are going up”

“I’m conscionable shocked that galore radical bring guns to an airport. It’s ridiculous really,” Ricky Williams of Florida added.

Farbstein advised that “If you bash ain a firearm and you spell to a range, you don’t privation to bring the scope container with you due to the fact that it’s much apt you’ll person a escaped round.”

“It’s worrisome to locomotion astir an airdrome and cognize you could beryllium lasting adjacent to idiosyncratic who could beryllium carrying a gun,” said Barb Jenkins of Cleveland.

Not lone are these costly mistakes but they besides dilatory checkpoints down — determination are ways to debar this.

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As of 9 a.m. Monday, disguise mandates are backmost successful play successful Baltimore City. However, the TSA requires each travelers to deterioration a mask.