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TSA: Pistol design on purse not allowed
upi ^ | Dec. 3, 2011

Posted on 12/04/2011 9:38:19 AM PST by JoeProBono

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- Airport security agents say a replica gun is a replica gun, even if it was just a design on a Florida teenager's purse.

The Transportation Security Administration says its agents acted appropriately when they ordered 17-year-old Vanessa Gibbs to check her designer purse at the Norfolk, Va., airport because of the image of a pistol it had on it.

The agency said "replica weapons have been prohibited since 2002," and that means even a very obvious replica, said News4 Jax.com in Jacksonville, Fla.

Gibbs remains flabbergasted at the hassle, which she says caused her to miss her flight home and wound up flying into Orlando instead of Jacksonville, much to the consternation of her mom.

"It's my style, it's camouflage, it has an old western gun on it," Gibbs told New4.Jax.com.

What irked Gibbs the most was the fact she had taken the bag on the flight to Norfolk without any trouble from the TSA.

"It's a purse, not a weapon," she said.


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: replicagun; tsa
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1 posted on 12/04/2011 9:38:19 AM PST by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
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This is where our loan money from China goes, to this kind of crap?

2 posted on 12/04/2011 9:47:09 AM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: JoeProBono
TSA needs to start requiring an IQ above a moron and quit with the affirmative action selectees.
3 posted on 12/04/2011 9:47:41 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: JoeProBono
"It's a purse, not a weapon," she said.

Well then, we will just have to ban purses now won't we!

4 posted on 12/04/2011 9:49:12 AM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: JoeProBono

Sort of like having your kid expelled because he brought an aspirin to school.


5 posted on 12/04/2011 9:49:55 AM PST by Cyman
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To: JoeProBono

I guess you’d have to read some legal definition of a replica, but this isn’t a replica by the dictionary definition. It’s merely an artistic representation, as a painting or drawing, the bas-relief notwithstanding.

Even so, I would never take something like that into an airport.


6 posted on 12/04/2011 9:54:28 AM PST by dr_lew
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To: EGPWS

Don’t give them any ideas.


7 posted on 12/04/2011 9:57:07 AM PST by sport
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8 posted on 12/04/2011 9:58:04 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
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To: dr_lew

Even so, I would never take something like that into an airport.

You're also not a teenage girl.

9 posted on 12/04/2011 10:00:18 AM PST by DustyMoment (Congress - Another name for white collar criminals!!)
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10 posted on 12/04/2011 10:04:49 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
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To: dr_lew

According to the TSA then a photograph of a firearm would be a replica. What’s with banning replicas anyway. What the hell can a replica do to anyone?


11 posted on 12/04/2011 10:09:55 AM PST by calex59
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To: Cyman
Sort of like having your kid expelled because he brought an aspirin to school.

Actually, it would be as if he brought a picture of an aspirin to school

12 posted on 12/04/2011 10:13:19 AM PST by digger48
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To: JoeProBono

I would guess that would show up on the xray. They would have to pull her out of line. But to say it’s not allowed is stupid.


13 posted on 12/04/2011 10:17:51 AM PST by sharkhawk (Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall.)
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To: JoeProBono

This is just some goofball who can’t think beyond regimentation. You’ll have this. It’s called stupidity. She was fine in the other direction. The person who held her should not be working for the TSA.


14 posted on 12/04/2011 10:20:29 AM PST by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: dr_lew
I guess you’d have to read some legal definition of a replica, but this isn’t a replica by the dictionary definition. It’s merely an artistic representation, as a painting or drawing, the bas-relief notwithstanding.

Somebody posted the legal definition on another thread, and is says it's considered a replica if it is made to look like a firearm manufactured after 1868.

If that's made to look like an early Colt revolver, then by their own defition it's not a replca.

15 posted on 12/04/2011 10:30:42 AM PST by tacticalogic
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To: JoeProBono

Why would a girl want to carry a purse like that? Is it a Gangsta’ Rap sort of thing?


16 posted on 12/04/2011 10:31:04 AM PST by Prokopton
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To: calex59

I am assuming that by replica they mean it’s a gun, but it just doesn’t work. Can’t really have TSA agents firing it to see, so ban them. NOT pictures of them. Good grief. Reading is fundamental.


17 posted on 12/04/2011 10:32:16 AM PST by tioga
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To: Prokopton

or a cowboy thing.

Regardless: It’s not up to us or the TSA to approve fashion.


18 posted on 12/04/2011 10:33:20 AM PST by Tigercap
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To: maxwellsmart_agent
The person who held her should not be working for the TSA.

Where else could he get a paying job? Besides, he fits right in.

19 posted on 12/04/2011 10:51:17 AM PST by DanMiller (Dan Miller)
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To: JoeProBono

Which one’s female ;D!?


20 posted on 12/04/2011 10:53:03 AM PST by poobear (Facts, the TURD in the punchbowl of Liberal thought!)
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