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Originally Posted by DGTess
Um, excuse me. She didn't carry a gun into an airport. She carried an embroidered depiction of a gun.
Are you saying I shouldn't bring my copy of America's First Freedom magazine because it depicts a gun on the cover?
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It's not embroidered. It's clearly plastic or metal of some sort applied to the purse. That being said, refusing to let her carry it on is pretty dumb. There is a rule that replica or toy guns cannot be brought through security, so she should probably leave the purse at home if she wants to get through security without any prolonged scrutiny since she'll fall into that judgement call zone. Unfortunately there is not a caveat to the rule that says replica guns affixed to purses are exempt. A TSA agent following the letter but not the spirit of the law would be correct in not letting her through with the bag. I'll tell you that for most people having to make split second decisions hundreds to thousands of times a day would overload most people. Sometimes those decisions are wrong or marginal. Sometimes they can be defended either way. I doubt most people could handle the job. Considering many people trained to do my job can't handle making the number of decisions we have to make everyday. It's not always about being on a power trip. It's about being decisive and getting the line going. OMG...she had to check the bag. Not the end of the world or her freedoms.
ETA: I'd give you a dollar for every instance in which you can find a person who was not allowed to bring their copy of
America's First Freedom Magazine through security.
