Articles tagged “guns”

Tourism

Gun Violence Creates a Troubling New Reality for U.S. Tourism’s Hard Sell

Even without entry test requirements, travelers are likely to pause before rushing back to a country where hate crimes and mass shootings are becoming far too commonplace. How will the U.S. travel industry tackle one of the greatest potential threats to its recovery of international travel?

Lebawit Lily Girma | 2 years ago

Gun Violence Creates a Troubling New Reality for U.S. Tourism’s Hard Sell

Tourism

Gunmaker Smith & Wesson’s Parent Sees Opportunity With New RV Vacation Boom

Thanks to pandemic-driven demand for all things in outdoor recreation, everyone's hearing the call of the wild. Even gunmakers.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

Gunmaker Smith & Wesson’s Parent Sees Opportunity With New RV Vacation Boom

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Gun Tourism Doesn’t Appeal To Vast Majority of Americans

Despite all the sensationalism in reportage of the recent tragic incident, the reality is that the idea of gun tourism is only appealing to a small portion of Americans, and fewer still act on it.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 10 years ago

Gun Tourism Doesn’t Appeal To Vast Majority of Americans

Airlines

TSA Discovered a Record 1,813 Firearms at U.S. Airports in 2013

The jump in discoveries was not caused by any changes in TSA procedures, but rather an increase in forgetfulness or ignorance among gun-bearing travelers.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

TSA Discovered a Record 1,813 Firearms at U.S. Airports in 2013

Airlines

The TSA Just Set a New Record for Guns Found at Airports

The discoveries are not so much about the TSA being more vigilant as they are about the growing number gun owners who tend to be more forgetful than their more responsible forebears.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 10 years ago

The TSA Just Set a New Record for Guns Found at Airports

Airlines

The TSA is on track for another record year of gun discoveries at airports

Thoughtless, irresponsible, and selfish are three words gun owners would rather not be called, but how else would you you describe someone who forgot they were bringing a weapon to one of the few places where they're guaranteed to go through an X-ray and metal detector?

Joan Lowy, Associated Press | 11 years ago

The TSA is on track for another record year of gun discoveries at airports

Airlines

Orlando tops all other Florida airports in weapons seizures

With the spike in U.S. gun ownership comes more and more "forgotten" weapons at one of the few places where people can guarantee they're going to be searched for weapons.

Henry Pierson Curtis, The Orlando Sentinel | 11 years ago

Airlines

TSA found a record 65 firearms in flyers’ carry-on bags last week

The week before a holiday is bound to have heavier passenger traffic than average, but that doesn’t explain why the TSA found a record number of guns twice in the month of May.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

The 5 most popular guns found this year at TSA airport checkpoints

With the increase in handgun purchases comes an increase in forgotten weapons by consumers who aren't as well trained in their use as the previous generation of owners.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

The 5 most popular guns found this year at TSA airport checkpoints

Airlines

Confiscated guns at U.S. airports will hit 1,500 mark before year’s end, highest ever

The admonition to not bring a loaded weapon into a highly pressurized airborne vessel couldn't be stronger, yet more passengers than ever can't seem to remember to be responsible. As the U.S. focuses on gun safety this week, rules and procedures at airports deserve a look.

Jason Clampet and Dan Nguyen, Skift | 11 years ago

Confiscated guns at U.S. airports will hit 1,500 mark before year’s end, highest ever