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Gun-seizure rates at Oklahoma's two major airports rank high nationally

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BY JULIANA KEEPING jlkeeping@opubco.com

Oklahomans headed to the airport aren't just packed. Sometimes they're packing.

Tulsa and Oklahoma City ranked in the top 10 among the nation's busiest airports for per capita gun seizures last year, far ahead of airports in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta, an analysis by The Oklahoman has found.

Among the nation's 77 airports that serve more than 1 million fliers annually, Tulsa International Airport finished third and Will Rogers World Airport 10th for the rate of confiscated guns.

In 2013, Transportation Security Administration agents seized 17 guns in Tulsa, a rate of 1.3 guns per 100,000 passengers.

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