Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers in Oregon detected 108 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022, with the majority of the firearms discovered at Portland International Airport’s (PDX) security checkpoints. Every one of these firearms was discovered during the routine X-ray screening of carry-on property. Nationwide last year, TSA officers found 6,542 firearms at 262 different airports.
Below is a summary of TSA firearm discoveries at Oregon airports and nationally for the past five years:
| Airport | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| PDX | 49 | 64 | 33 | 53 | 78* |
| EUG | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10* |
| MFR | 10 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 12 |
| RDM | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| Oregon totals: | 76 | 87 | 49 | 81 | 108* |
| National totals: | 4,239 | 4,432 | 3,257 | 5,972 | 6,542* |
Note: no firearms have been discovered since 2018 at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport
* Record number of firearm discoveries.
The five U.S. airports with the…
