TSA Stops Woman For Trying To Board Plane With Gun-Shaped High Heels

This Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016 photo released by the Transportation Security Administration shows a pair of gun-shaped stiletto heels at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, in Maryland. A woman ... This Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016 photo released by the Transportation Security Administration shows a pair of gun-shaped stiletto heels at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, in Maryland. A woman had the shoes in her carry-on luggage as she tried to move through security. The agency prohibits passengers from carrying "replica guns or ammunition" through airport security checkpoints. (Transportation Security Administration via AP) MORE LESS
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The Transportation Security Administration has a “friendly” reminder for travelers: don’t try to board a plane with accessories shaped like weapons as one woman tried to do Sunday in Baltimore.

The woman was stopped at a security checkpoint at the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport with a pair of gun-shaped shoes with faux bullets around the sole and a bracelet with faux bullets in her carry-on luggage, reported the Associated Press.

TSA does not allow travelers to bring “replica guns or ammunition” through security, according to the report.

The agency told the passenger she was allowed to put the accessories in her checked baggage, but she ended up leaving them with the TSA to make her flight.

Here’s a picture of the shoes, courtesy of TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein:

She also posted some advice:

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