U.S. governors urge Turks and Caicos to release Americans as Florida woman becomes 5th tourist arrested for ammo in luggage

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U.S. governors urge Turks and Caicos to release Americans as Florida woman becomes 5th tourist arrested for ammo in luggage - Lemmy.World

fuck that, its not hard to check your luggage before traveling.

Stop throwing the weight of the US government behind trying to protect assholes.

I travel a lot, both with and without guns. And ammo has a way of ending up in the weirdest little folds of your backpack and clothes.
I travel with and without. I have bags specifically for firearms and ammo. That way when I travel somewhere that having just one round of 22lr might be an issue I use a bag that never had my firearm stuff. It eliminates the uncertainty.
Kewl. Till one actually slips by and you are getting 10 years in jail for it.

poor, poor persecuted gun nuts. why won’t someone think of the gun nuts?! ah, they’re truly the victims.

lol. go to Caribbean jail

Ah yes, “let’s put them all to death for owning guns” crowd is here.

ah the ‘violate sovereign nation’s laws’ crowd is here.

how many times do you think they should ignore their laws being violated? 3? 5? 12?

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Ryan Watson, 40, of Oklahoma, a father of two who was most recently arrested for unknowingly having ammo in his bag on April 12, remains on the island. Both men previously told Fox News Digital that they had the ammo in their bags from prior hunting trips.

Michael Lee Evans, 72, pleaded guilty to having ammunition in his bag on April 24, according to local news outlet the Turks & Caicos Sun. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 18.

What a childish take.

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