During the past week, the Transportation Security Administration said it confiscated 74 firearms, 65 of which were loaded, from carry-on bags at airports across the country.
Eighteen of the guns had a round in the chamber, the TSA said.
The number of firearms found in bags was the most ever confiscated in a single week, officials said.
Fliers are allowed to bring firearms on airplanes, but they must be declared, unloaded, locked in a hard-sided container and can only be packed in checked luggage, according to TSA regulations.
Even toy or non-functioning replica guns are banned from carry-on luggage, but the 74 found in the last week were all real, the TSA said.
The record breaking number of guns found at U.S. airports came during a busy holiday weekend.
Along with guns, TSA also confiscated numerous items in the past week, including ammunition and knives.
The previous record for firearms confiscated from carry-on bags was 73 and was set last month, the TSA said.
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