The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) detected 119 firearms at Chicago’s two airports last year. TSA officers found 78 firearms at O’Hare and 41 at Midway. The number is slightly below the 2023 total of 122 — which produced a record of 50 detected guns at Midway.

Despite the law, travelers continue to bring guns to airports across the country. In 2024, the Transportation Security Administration intercepted 272 firearms at security checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport,

The Transportation Security Administration announced on Friday that they stopped 78 handguns at security checkpoints within Indianapolis International Airport in 2024. The TSA called this “…a significant decrease from the all-time high of 95 [firearms] detected” in 2023.

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