An airport security screener seized a toy pistol from a sock monkey dressed as a cowboy — because it apparently looked too real.

TSA Screeners Take Toy From Mentally Disabled Man

In one high-profile case that forced Detroit's airport to retrain its entire attachment of TSA screeners, an overzealous agent took away a cherished toy plastic hammer from a young man with the mental capacity of a toddler.

While Gibbs told CNN affiliate News 4 JAX that she's carried the purse on many flights, the 17-year-old says she was told that the purse "was a federal offense because it's in the shape of a gun. I'm like, 'a design on a purse. How is it a federal offense?' "

By the time TSA officials figured out that the purse was a fake, offering Gibbs the opportunity to give up the purse or check it, Gibbs had missed her flight and was placed on another to Orlando. Her frantic mother drove from Jacksonville to Orlando to pick her daughter up.​​​​​​​