The Airport’s Steven Sterling says some of the cases seem to be mistakes – from people who claim they forgot the gun was in the carryon bag before they packed it.

“Always start with an empty bag, know what you're putting in that bag before you travel, because once you run into a problem at the screening checkpoint - now only are you inconvenienced, but you're inconveniencing those behind you,” Sterling says.

It wasn’t just Norfolk – T-S-A says a record number of guns were seized nationwide – more than 65 hundred, a ten percent increase over 20-21.

Sterling says some of the cases seem to be mistakes.

“The traveler didn't intend to put the firearm in the bag...in many cases, they took a bag, and then they packed some belongings into it, and started their trip. But the bag had a firearm in it to begin with,” he says.

T-S-A says nearly 90 percent of those guns were loaded.

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