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.

So if I got a tattoo of a gun on my arm im not allowed to go to the airport!? BULL-FUCKING-SHIT!

>>2 youre stupid.

If the purse was actually a gun and the person holding it killed/injured someone while on the air, the public would be enraged and blame the TSA and the Government. Stop crying guys, cause this is the result for all the blame everyone put on the government during 9/11. Now don't complain, cause they're just doing their job of looking after your lives and safety.

it obviously just a design...u cant shoot someone with basically a flat piece of metal. just check it, its fake, move on. dont make this huge deal about it!

>>5 you've never seen any spy movies? They can make guns that look like toothpicks! lol

I saw this thet other say and was like 'Wtf' It was clearly part of the purse.

Doesnt mean it cant hold a gun. Even if something is a fake gun, it can still house a real gun/weapon inside of it.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

TSA go away.

>>9 anything can also be turned into a weapon or contain if used/done properly. does this mean we shouldn't be allowed to bring anything on a plane? better yet, if these acts actually reduce violence in airports, will they do it in all other public places where masses of people congregate (i.e malls, stadiums, etc...)?

>>11 *contain one