News 4 JAX
December 2, 2011
A Jacksonville teen may want to rethink her wardrobe accessories after she said she was prevented from boarding a flight because of her purse design.
Vanessa Gibbs, 17, said officials with the Transportation Security Administration at Norfolk International Airport stopped her during a security screening because they said her handbag — which has the shape of a gun designed on it — was as a security risk, WJXT-TV reported.
According to the TV station, Gibbs said she had no problem going through TSA screening at Jacksonville International Airport but was stopped as she was headed home from a holiday trip in Virginia.
“It’s my style. It’s camouflage. It has an old western gun on it,” Gibbs told the TV station. “She was like, ‘This is a federal offense because it’s in the shape of a gun.’ I’m like, ‘But it’s a design on a purse. How is it a federal offense?’”
10 Responses to “Teen stopped by TSA for gun-themed purse”
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TSA needs to be abolished. bosses at the top jailed for all offenses by the goons,
for the same amount of time as every one of the goons, combined!
That’s it pig amerikkans, keep flying. Keep credit card consumming. Keep Subaru-ing. Keep recycling. Keep charging your electric cars. Keep voting republican. Keep voting democrat. Keep watching the kardashians. Keep your head up your asses; it makes it so much easier for those of us with eyes wide open.
Thanks again.
Peace Frog Reply:
December 2nd, 2011 at 12:57 pm
frustrating….isn’t it….I would add Keep the fuck away from me
I have no patience for these clowns anymore…they all piss me off
That leather embossed gun looks loaded to me.
I wonder if I have a picture of a gun on my tshirt if they will ban me.
And if I have a picture of the closet gay Obama on my tshirt of the TSA officer will blow me.
FUK THE TSA! ASSHOLES ALL OF THEM!!
I read some shit like this about 10 years ago when a kid -about 7yrs old -on holiday with his parents on entering Bermuda was apprehended by the ‘Goons’ because he had camo stuff on.
Apparently it was an act of war to go into their country wearing a military uniform.
Vanessa Gibbs, a 17 year old girl, standing up for the
second amendment … hats off to you, Miss Gibbs !
Mr. Thrillkill Reply:
December 2nd, 2011 at 3:20 pm
I just came up with a great idea … a custom t shirt with
a picture of the Federal Reserve building on fire.
“A Jacksonville teen may want to rethink her wardrobe accessories after she said she was prevented from boarding a flight because of her purse design.” No, you pathetic media tool… It’s YOU who needs to “rethink” your whole sorry state-controlled mindset.
I wish enough Americans would grow a set and show up at airports everywhere in camo and/or with bags embossed with guns and waving copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. I envision the crowd scene at the end of “V for Vendetta.”