U.S. governors urge Turks and Caicos to release Americans as Florida woman becomes 5th tourist arrested for ammo in luggage
U.S. governors urge Turks and Caicos to release Americans as Florida woman becomes 5th tourist arrested for ammo in luggage
The governors of Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Virginia wrote a letter Tuesday asking the territory to show mercy to the Americans arrested on the island.
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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.
Sounds like ammo should be handled carefully
Okay, So good on you for admitting you are not capable of keeping track of your shit.
US government still shouldnt be stepping in to protect you from your flagrant disregard for competency.
I live in a socialist haven, would never move to a third world country.
If that's the case you shouldn't be trusted with guns and ammo
Never said I've lost my ammo or been stopped at the security checkpoint.
I never said that too.
You don't sound like a very smart person.
You sound like a judgemental cunt
Dumb and tactless. The classic gun-nut combo.
You just keep reinforcing the stereotype
That's why you should treat guns and ammo with care. Have you never learned to count?
You're funny. I shot tens of thousands of rounds every month, so no, I do not count individual rounds.
The German army shoots more than you do every month, and they do count individual rounds.
Yep we figured that out after your first remark.
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.
I agree they're stupid, but these aren't people with malicious intent, and you want them to spend 10 years in prison? What do you think this solves?
I mean, all they had to do was take the least amount of effort possible to ensure their luggage was clean.
If they couldnt muster the give a fuck to do that, and intentionally went to a country that they know has these laws...Then why should I muster enough of a fuck to wring my hands desperately over the situation their own lack of care and concern created?
i think this solves the problem of idiots and assholes thinking they can flout rules and get away with it, regardless of its malicious or willful incompetence.
No one is asking you to care about them.
The question is whether or not you honestly think sending these people to prison for 10 years makes any sense. It's the same thing when some poor black kid gets caught with some weed and goes to jail. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it, and it's easy to point at their actions and say they were "idiots" for doing drugs and carrying it around them, and that they were "flouting the rules" by having a controlled substance. But I also know an injustice when I see one.
And there is precisely zero indication that these people are "flouting the rules." This would actually more likely apply more to the kid with some pot, because they know it's against the law and they likely know they have it on them. Why would you bring a handful of ammo into a country on vacation with no gun or anything? Hell, even if you had a gun, a few rounds isn't going to do much.
You're trying to paint it in the worst possible light. Slow down, take a breath, and think about this rationally and objectively for a second. Does this really solve a problem? Is this a good thing for our society? At least one of these people is a parent, do you really think it's great they lose their parent for 10+ years because of two bullets accidentally left in a bag? I just can't fathom how anyone sees any justice in this. There's no requirement that you think so vengefully.
"If you had a gun, a few rounds isn't going to do much"
LMFAO one round is enough to commit murder
Missing the forest for the trees.
Don't search your luggage? Straight to gulag!
How many years have you taken yoga to be able to stretch and twist like that?
Ive travelled over i ternational borders with a dime bag in my luggage that i didnt even know was there until weeks after i got home. Dont be obtuse, there are lots of compartments in luggage whrre something as small as a bullet can hide even if you check the bag. Who the fuck gives a full cavity search to their luggage everyrime they use it?
look man just because you're apparently a junkie fuckup who can't control his sensitive items does NOT mean the rest of the world's standards should be dropped to accommodate your idiocy.
its crazy how these dumbasses keep tattling on themselves like it somehow justifies this shit, isnt it?
real bright lights all around.
"But officer I left my gun in my car" https://jalopnik.com/youve-got-to-stop-keeping-your-gun-in-your-car-1850929717
"I'm an incompetent, careless and entitled asshole, so obviously I'm going to argue real hard for these other incompetent, careless, entitled assholes so I dont have to be held accountable for my own actions!"
It keeps complete morons off the streets and out of reach of firearms.
Because people who completely lack the necessary care and disciplin should not be armed.
You honestly believe that over a decade in prison is a good punishment for this type of accident? We are talking about it possibly resulting in kids being without their parents for the bulk of their childhood. Do you really think society is better off if that happens?
The punishment is first and formost for being terminally stupid. It is high time to stop cuddling the idiots. They broke the law, they should serve. Or do you think that law is just a joke?
Why do you feel people need to spend 10 years in jail for being stupid? And no I don't think the law is a joke, I think this one is very unjust.
stop cuddling the idiots everyone!! They’re getting far to warm and cozy
you and I both know they won't spend a decade in the clink. IF they get sentenced then the state dept will go to work and these jackasses will pay some kind of fine.
Don't want to go to a jail in a foreign country? Don't break their fucking laws. It's really quite simple. And each and every one of these idiots admitted to their crime. Not a single one is innocent.
you and I both know they won’t spend a decade in the clin
I would hope not, but I know nothing of the Turks and Caicos legal system, so it would be extremely presumptuous of me to claim I know that.
IF they get sentenced then the state dept will go to work and these jackasses will pay some kind of fine.
Either they do something now, or after conviction, I don't particularly care.
Don’t want to go to a jail in a foreign country? Don’t break their fucking laws. It’s really quite simple
This is the whole point, it seems these were completely unintentional violations of their laws. The way you write this makes it sound like they just don't care about the laws there.
unintentional
people unintentionally break US laws all the time, yet our system still punishes them. and foreigners who visit and do the same too.
it's a law system, not a kindness and forgiveness system.
The way you write this makes it sound like they just don’t care about the laws there.
I think the Turks is fucking justified in being upset at the endless line of assholes who KEEP TRYING TO BRING AMMO into their country. It's not an isolated incident.
people unintentionally break US laws all the time, yet our system still punishes them. and foreigners who visit and do the same too.
Does it really need to be explained that two wrongs don't make a right? It seems mad to me that one would say "these people should be punished because the us justice system does some things poorly."
I think the Turks is fucking justified in being upset at the endless line of assholes who KEEP TRYING TO BRING AMMO into their country. It’s not an isolated incident.
They didn't pass this law because people were unintentionally bringing tiny amounts of ammo into the country, they passed it because the law wasn't strict enough to punish people smuggling in ammo for gangs. How does one actually convince themselves that they were actually targeting tourists with 10 years in prison because they accidentally bring ammo in the country? Lol
They didn’t pass this law because
oh you were in the legislature when the laws were crafted?
REALLY?
I'm dubious.
In fact, they didn't pass a law that said "no ammo but one or two rounds is aight". Not "No ammo but accidents happen we understand and will be merciful and lenient, unlike the US's policies..."
no. They're a sovereign nation man, piss and moan, whine and bitch all you want, they get to make their rules and when you go there their rules get to apply to you. Stand up and be an adult. Fuck.
oh you were in the legislature when the laws were crafted?
Lol were you in the legislature when they passed this law? You seemed to have no issue declaring the reason for it when it confirmed what you wanted to be true, and now hypocritically are attacking me for for actually knowing why the law exists.
And no one is saying that they can't make their laws as they like. You've so badly lost this argument, and you know it, that you've turned to blatant hypocrisy and to attacking strawmen. Again, to be clear, I'm arguing the law is clearly unjust and it would a travesty of justice that these people lose 10 years of their lives, and their children lose 10 years of their parents, because they made a mistake.
And no one is saying that they can’t make their laws as they like. You’ve so badly lost this argument, and you know it, that you’ve turned to blatant hypocrisy and to attacking strawmen. Again, to be clear, I’m arguing the law is clearly unjust and it would a travesty of justice that these people lose 10 years of their lives, and their children lose 10 years of their parents, because they made a mistake.
cute gish gallop.
back in reality, you want to take chances with jail time, visit other countries and break their laws about ordinance, if you think this is unique to T&C you'd be in for a fun time.
Beginning to think you have tacos for brains. gonna block you so I don't have to waste more time on your bullshit.