This brings to light several issues that were bound to happen.
1) TSA, like all government departments, is inept.
2) Government workers break laws by accident and get off. While if we do the same thing, the punishment is worse (its the old rule, “everybody is equal but some are more equal than others”).
3) I hope she would have remembered the gun in her purse if the plane was hijacked.
4) Taiwan has higher quality standards than we have.
The standard for everybody in Dallas used to be $10k (lawyer and civil penalty) I don't know if inflation has impacted that.
On the other hand, cop an attitude, and one might end up looking at a felony.
In the People's Democratic Socialist states, one might face more pain from the state than the feds.