The Transportation Security Administration seized a record 4,495 guns at its checkpoints in airports in 2020, as people tried to board flights while armed, some intentionally, some accidentally. The American airports with the most gun seizures, as reported by the Washington Post:
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (391)
- Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (232)
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (168)
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (147)
- Nashville International Airport (115)
- Denver International Airport (107)
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (107)
- Salt Lake City International Airport (90)
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (90)
- Dallas Love Field (88)