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Sky Harbor Ranks Third For Guns Confiscated At Airports

Sky Harbor is the No. 3 airport in the country when it comes to the number of guns confiscated last year. Federal agents found 78 in carry-on bags in 2014.

That’s according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport led the nation with 120 firearms confiscated and Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International was second with 109.

Last year, the Transportation Security Administration screened about 1.8 million passengers per day for a total of more than 650 million.

That's about a 2 percent increase from the year before.

Stina Sieg was a senior field correspondent at KJZZ from 2013 to 2018.