A pair of gun-shaped stiletto heels worn by a woman at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. (Transportation Security Administration via AP)
LINTHICUM, Md. – At the airport, safety is more important than sexy.
That's what a woman found out at the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Officials said she was stopped Sunday at a security checkpoint with a pair of gun-shaped stiletto heels.
TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said the stilettos had heels in the shape of handguns and faux bullets around the sole. They were in the woman's carry-on luggage, along with bracelets lined in faux bullets.
The agency prohibits passengers from carrying "replica guns or ammunition" through airport security checkpoints.
Farbstein said the woman was told that she could put the items in her checked luggage. The woman tried to check the items, but ended up leaving them with the TSA in order to catch her flight.
The shoes did not appear to be custom made, and similar gun-centric heels are prominently available online.
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