Some two dozen media outlets around the country have done stories on the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative’s 2013 database of gun confiscations since we posted our story on the data on Jan. 6, 2014. Links to those stories: Huffington … Continue reading
Example of a local story done with our TSA data. Data below compiled from weekly TSA Blog updates on the number and type of weapons confiscated during carry-on searches at airports. Data is updated weekly (current data through Dec. 31, … Continue reading
The table below shows includes data for each gun found at Transportation Security Administration screening, by airport. Click on column label below to sort that column. There are 30 records visible at a time; click the arrow key at the … Continue reading
About 30% more guns were confiscated at airport security gates in the first half of 2013 than that same period a year ago, a Medill analysis of federal data it aggregates from the Transportation Security Administration shows. Atlanta, Dallas-Forth Worth … Continue reading
The number of guns confiscated at airport security gates in the first quarter of 2013 was up 14% over last year, with a huge jump in January a key contributor, according to an analysis of Transportation Security Administration data by … Continue reading
Get more details on 2012 airport checkpoint gun confiscations. Total gun confiscations by the Transportation Security Administration at US airports in 2012, along with the percentage that were loaded and the percentage that had a bullet in the chamber. Click … Continue reading
Day-by-day Download data Airport totals Weekly chart The rules (TSA) Passengers caught trying to carry handguns past security at O’Hare and Panama City airports on Dec. 21 pushed the total number of gun confiscations by Transportation Security Administration screeners past … Continue reading
Map shows total guns confiscated by the Transportation Safety Administration from January through June, 2012, by airport. Guns are not allowed past airport security and must be sent as checked baggage. Data includes how many guns were loaded and how … Continue reading
Just under 700 guns were discovered at U.S. airport carryon baggage checkpoints in the first half of 2012 — and 1 in 4 of them had a bullet loaded in the firing chamber, a Medill analysis of federal data found. … Continue reading
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→ Continue to the story.EVANSTON, Ill. — The Robert R. McCormick Foundation has renewed a $1 million grant to fund the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative at Northwestern University over the next two years.
The NSJ program provides journalists-in-training and working journalists with the knowledge and skills necessary to report accurately, completely and with context on events and issues related to defense, security and civil liberties. The initiative began in January, 2009 with an initial three-year, $1.3 million McCormick Foundation grant. The grant was also renewed for $1 million over two years in 2011.
