US woman caught with golden gun in luggage at Sydney airport jailed for a year
US woman caught with golden gun in luggage at Sydney airport jailed for a year
Liliana Goodson travelled to Australia to attend clown school with the gold-plated pistol, worth about $3,000, in her luggage
I hate how this article focuses solely on her stupidly and completely glosses over the glaring failure of TSA to prevent this from happening in the first place. Bottle of water is treated like a WMD, but a pistol? Nah, good to go. 'Murica...
Also, I low-key think she deserves some punishment for having such a tacky gold plated 1911 in the first place...
TSA is disgustingly ineffective at stopping contraband.
Tests regularly show they miss 90% of prohibited items. WHILE consistently misconfiscating things that are allowed.
Literally the movie theater security guard checking for people smuggling in outside food is more effective than the TSA.
Like, I don't even know how you'd be that comically incompetent, at a certain point, I think malice is the only reasonable explanation.
They had me excluded interviewed, to the point of missing a flight, because they found a phillips screwdriver bit (no screw driver) in my back back. Even reminding them that airlines exclusively do not use these screws in anything inside the cabin of importance, had no effect. I totally agree with your "comically incompetent" phrasing.
You can fly with a gun in the US as long as it is in a checked bag. As long as it was in her checked bag and stored properly then the TSA has no reason to care. It was on her to know what is and isn't allowed at her destination.
You're allowed to fly with a gun (in a checked bag), and it doesn't make sense for TSA to enforce a law in America that isn't a law in America. It makes more sense to let them get to Australia, where they've then broken the law, and arrest them there when they get off the plane.
Also, I low-key think she deserves some punishment for having such a tacky gold plated 1911 in the first place...
She had to get all the other camos first to unlock the gold so I just assume she earned it.
A review of Goodson’s phone revealed she had searched online “can I have a gun in my suitcase?” and set a calendar entry with a note reminding her to “put gun in suitcase”.
Literally Austin Powers-tier incrimination
The AI told her: yes you can ( but didnt say in the US not anywhere else)
i don't see how that's much more incriminating than just having the gun. it's not like there's any evidence or any charges that she had plans to use it or anything. she literally just served time for bringing the gun.
Forgot to label the bag "Don't open, gun inside."
Goodson told police she was actually “scared” of shooting the gun and hoped simply producing it would be enough to deter potential threats.
Going to be honest here, I don't think the drop bears care much about you drawing your gun.
This is definitely someone who shouldn't be allowed to own a gun. If you pull a gun on an assailant and refuse to shoot, then congratulations, you've just armed your assailant. You never pull a gun on anyone or anything unless you are planning to shoot it. What an absolute moron. They give clowns a bad name.
This is like concealed carry class 101. The ONLY reason for pointing a weapon at someone is because you are about to shoot them with it. It's a last resort. By the time you've drawn your weapon you had better have made up your mind that you're going to kill the assailant because that's the immediate next step. No warning shots. No last words. Draw. Aim. Fire.
It is not a "deterrent". It's the "I have no viable escape routes so deadly force is necessary." option.
Well duh, you have to drop it. It's in the name!
She was going to clown college. Sounds about right.
Man, these new James Bond movie plots suck.
The story just went down a spiral. It's worth the read. This person needed the timeout.
You can keep her.