Number of recovered weapons soars Metro transit police are confiscating more guns from riders, finding more firearms in the past two years than in the previous 12 years combined, according to agency statistics.

Police recovered 65 weapons last year, including a Remington 12-gauge shotgun, a 9 mm Beretta, a Colt .38 semiautomatic handgun and rounds of ammunition. That marked a huge spike over the 21 firearms seized in 2009.