U.S, April 11 -- This translates into 16.5 firearms every day being detected at TSA airport checkpoints with over 206 million airline passengers that were screened by Transportation Security Officers during that first quarter of the year.

* Secured in the passenger's checked baggage

* Packed unloaded

* Locked in a hard-sided case

* Declared to the airline when checking the bag at the ticket counter

Even for passengers who have a concealed carry permit or are in a constitutional carry jurisdiction, firearms are prohibited at security checkpoints, in the secure area of an airport, and in the passenger cabin of an aircraft.

While TSA does not itself confiscate or seize firearms, if a passenger brings a firearm to the security checkpoin...