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TSA agents, like this one at Chicago's Midway International Airport, discovered more than 2,000 firearms at the nation's airports last year â the overwhelming majority of them loaded, according to new data.

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TSA Agents Discovered 2,212 Guns At Airport Checkpoints In 2014

4:08pm January 23, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Grenades and blades were also found. In most cases, people forgot they had them. Our favorite discovery: a knife in an enchilada. The TSA said "the passenger's intent was delicious, not malicious."

A TSA agent checks a bag at a security checkpoint area at Midway International Airport last month. The new federal government guidelines on racial and religious profiling won't apply to the TSA.

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DOJ To Issue New Federal Rules On Profiling

4:14pm December 06, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The Justice Department's new rules would prohibit some agents from using factors such as religion to profile, but the rules-change doesn't apply at airports or along the border.