This was outside the secured aread, where passengers backed up at TSA checkpoints are sitting ducks ... CBS Local New York: Officials: Gun Discovered In Ceiling Panel At Kennedy Airport -- MAC-11 Subcompact Machine Pistol Was Found By A Contractor (Sept 27 2013) “At 10:10 a.m. today, a contractor who was running cable through the ceiling of a management office at Terminal 1 at JFK found a case in a storage closet containing a MAC-11, a subcompact machine pistol. The office, which is locked and accessible only to a few people, is located outside the terminal’s secure area ..."