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Lawmakers have proposed the Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act, legislation that would require all guns to contain enough metal to be detected by metal detectors and X-Ray machines at checkpoints and airports.

A survey says that passengers feel more negative emotions at the airport security checkpoint and during the baggage collection process than at any other points during the travel process.

The TSA failed to identify at least 73 people employed in the airline industry flagged under terrorism-related activity codes.
 

 An internal investigation of the TSA revealed security failures at dozens of the nation’s airports.

The trade and lobby group for American Airlines -- Airlines for America (A4A), has named a new SVP for Safety, Security and Operations.

Amtrak plans to install video cameras to monitor the engineers of locomotives on its heavily traveled routes in the northeastern United States.

 The International Biometrics & Identification Association (IBIA) strongly questions the TSA's exclusive use of biographic data solutions in its prospective attempt to expand the PreCheck travel screening program.

United Airlines is launching a bug bounty program inviting researchers to report bugs in its websites, apps and online portals.

Maintenance of explosive detecting scanners and x-ray machines at the U.S. airport security checkpoints are not being managed properly.

For Chanda Litten, light rail in Sacramento is the way to get around although she was sometimes faced with characters who made her uneasy. “It’s really dark, and you see some undesirables,” she reported to a local TV station. “It doesn’t happen often, but when it does it can be very scary.” Norm Leong, the head of Regional Transit Police in Sacramento, California, plans to improve the system through use of more video and patrol coordination with local police.