Why is it so hard to check your fucking luggage before going on a trip?
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Camoflauge clothing is also illegal in some of those small Caribbean countries. Apparently it's a problem with cruise ship passengers.
If people could read simple pieces of information, things like this would not be an issue.
This is a common hustle. They will try to extort money or will drop a round in your baggage.
Four of the detained Americans have admitted they brought the ammunition — but by mistake.
It appears this isn't the case.
I wouldn't trust them if they had a signed video confession. These places operate a certain way and Americans are great for leverage at various levels of government.
Oh look we got an expert here
How familiar are you with Turks and Caicos? What do you mean by "these places"?
The idea that you just have loose ammo in the folds of your bags instead of crumbs is so insane and also so stereotypical of americans. 12 years is a little much but I have less sympathy since the US constantly locks citizens of other countries away for longer for less dangerous offences.
Like around here if you store ammo inappropriately like this will get your gun license yoinked permanently faster than you can blink. Like the dangerous part of owning guns is the ammo, without it guns are just an ineffective club, and ammo can go off without a gun.
Ammo can go off without a gun, yes, but is significantly less dangerous. The casing just sort of takes off and you have deal with much lower velocity soft casing rather than a bullet. Still can end up with some wounds but the deadliness is practically nullified.
Totally agree. Not being able to account for all your ammunition shows to me a lack of the basic necessary discipline and maturity to handle a weapon.
Everyone is for restorative justice until it’s someone or something they don’t like.
12 years is pretty ridiculous. OTOH, you are unknowingly traveling with live ammo. I'm less bothered by the ammo part than the unknowing part, but in combination - yeah that needs to be more than a slap on the wrist.
You have just demonstrated your inability to keep track of the important bits related to your deadly weapon. Maybe you don't need to own a deadly weapon if that's an indicator of how you treat it.
So I'm all for "restorative justice" but I do think this should get more than a stern talking to.
Everyone is for restorative justice until it’s someone or something they don’t like.
Only the left is for restorative justice. The right is for maximum punishment, and no mercy. Especially if you don't look like they do.
OTOH the right seems pretty into personal responsibility - until it's someone or something they do like.
It used to be a fine, which was more than a "stern talking to" and seems pretty reasonable for a careless act that hurt noone.
And if you are for restorative justice, and you think prison time for this is a good idea, then it doesn't matter if other people are hypocrites as you absolutely are.
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