[Wayne07]

That is an amazing purse, and that girl has great taste, but I don’t think it is crazy for the TSA to at least look closely at it.

[WayneS]

Look closely at it (which would take a a SANE person about 15 seconds prior to realizing it is not a gun, not a ‘replica’ and not a threat)? Yes. Okay.

Accuse her of committing a federal crime, detain her until she misses her flight and defend your actions by claiming the purse is a ‘replica weapon’? No.

Like I said, those people are f—ked in the head.

[Hugin]

How long should it take for them to figure out it’s not a real gun?

[rawhide]

Yes, they can look at it, but how long does it take the TSA to decide it is a harmless design? The teenager missed her flight because of the TSA bumbling agents.

[wideawake]

I have the exact opposite opinion.

The thing looks tacky but is clearly not a working firearm.

[Gen.Blather]

“I don’t think it is crazy for the TSA to at least look closely at it.”

I knew a jeweler who made a working .22 caliber derringer from gold and wore it as a belt buckle when he went on airplanes. This was pre-9/11. The barrel was thick and he said he’d fired it. It didn’t trigger metal detectors. (Oh, did I mention he was totally nuts?)

[hinckley buzzard]

Y'know, I suppose she has a right to carry that purse, and it shouldn't have taken more than a minute to figure out that it was a plastic shell of a gun, not a gun. But damn, where is the common sense? Given the average intellect of a TSA goon, this thing is like asking for trouble.