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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Those fools are trying to contain Florida Woman? Good luck, you poor bastards.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Three U.S. governors this week asked Turks and Caicos to show mercy to Americans arrested on the islands as a Florida woman became the fifth U.S. tourist to be charged with ammunition possession.

The lawmakers' plea came as the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police confirmed yet another American, 45-year-old Sharitta Shinise Grier of Orlando, Florida, was charged with one count of ammunition possession after two rounds were allegedly discovered in her luggage on Monday during a routine search at Howard Hamilton International Airport.

The National Rifle Association on Thursday urged the U.S. State Department to "use every means necessary to return U.S. citizens home to America."

That changed in February when a court order required even tourists to potentially face mandatory prison time in addition to paying a fine.

TSA confirmed to CBS News its officers missed the four rounds of hunting ammo in Watson's carry-on when he and his wife departed from Oklahoma City in April.

"To me, the solution here is to put more technology assists available to them," Pekosek told CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave, pointing to software that would be able to identify rounds of ammunition, pieces of firearms and various knives.


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[–] wildcardology 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Happened in the Philippines around 6-8 years ago, nefarious airport security would intentionally put ammo in a victims luggage with the intention of shaking them for bribe. It lead travellers to wrap their luggage in plastic prior to departure. As far as I know they targeted locals I don't remember foreign victims.

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[–] Godric 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ah I love this thread, the duality of Lemmy

Hicks:

"I have two bags I use whenever I am going outside my family land, sorry I missed a shell or two from the last time I went huntin, so what, I'm just an American"

Others:

"FUCK AROUND FIND OUT!!! One ammo? That's like 30 pounds of heroin, I hope you go to prison you dumb motherfucker"

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