A Loudoun County man was written up at Washington Dulles International Airport last week after attempting to go through the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint with a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag.
The man, when written a citation by Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police officers, explained that he had forgotten the firearm was in his bag. The 9mm handgun, loaded with two bullets, was then confiscated by authorities.
“The year is still in its infancy and at this point I ask every owner of a firearm to commit to making a new year’s resolution to pack their weapon properly for a flight if they want to travel with it,” Scott Johnson, the TSA federal security director for Dulles, said in an agency release.