Thread: D/FW Airport police seize loaded rifle found in carry-on of man flying to Canada

D/FW Airport police seize loaded rifle found in carry-on of man flying to Canada

By Matt Peterson
mpeterson@dallasnews.com
10:47 am on September 9, 2014



A .40-caliber Kel-Tec Sub 2000 folding rifle was found in a carry-on bag at D/FW Airport.

Staff writer Leah Johnson reports:
A loaded rifle was discovered last week in the carry-on bag of a passenger at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Screeners with the Transportation Security Administration found the .40-caliber Kel-Tec Sub 2000 folding rifle in the luggage of a 29-year-old man flying to Canada during a search at a checkpoint at 9 p.m. Friday. The passenger’s name has not been released.

Officials said the gun was loaded with 15 rounds of ammunition and the passenger had an additional magazine loaded with 22 rounds.

The TSA alerted law enforcement, who took possession of the firearm and the magazine and arrested the man on a state charge.

“Firearms of any kind, along with ammunition and firearm parts, are prohibited at TSA security checkpoints,” DFW TSA Federal Security Director Michael Donnelly told KXAS-TV (NBC5) in a statement.

“These items are allowed in checked bags, if unloaded, declared to the airline, and properly packed in a locked, hard-sided container.”

The TSA has the authority to charge a passenger with a civil penalty up to $11,000 for bringing a firearm to a checkpoint.

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