clearvision Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 News 4:A teenage girl's sense of style got her in trouble at the airport.Vanessa Gibbs, 17, claims the Transportation Security Administration stopped her at the security gate because of the design of a gun on her handbag.Gibbs said she had no problem going through security at Jacksonville International Airport, but rather, when she headed home from Virginia."It's my style, it's camouflage, it has an old western gun on it," Gibbs said.But her preference for the pistol style didn't sit well with TSA agents at the Norfolk airport.Gibbs said she was headed back home to Jacksonville from a holiday trip when an agent flagged her purse as a security risk."She was like, 'This is a federal offense because it's in the shape of a gun,'" Gibbs said. "I'm like, 'But it's a design on a purse. How is it a federal offense?'"After agents figured out the gun was a fake, Gibbs said, TSA told her to check the bag or turn it over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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