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US woman caught with golden gun in luggage at Sydney airport jailed for a year
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 09 Dec 2024
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This story really has just so much going for it: Florida woman. American with a gun. American ignorant of other countries. Clown college. Face tattoos. Lying to the police with hilarious evidence.
Do you have anything prohibited?
No.
What about this gun?
Oh, I forgot about that.
"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”."
I believe she wasn’t lying when she said she forgot about the gun, she seems that stupid to me
If she has to put a reminder to remember to bring the gun I think she could have forgotten. Is being dumb a legal defense in Australia?
Also “it’s my emotional support gun because I fucked up my brain with synthetic drugs”
And yet America let her have a gun.
Oh, and her "defensive gun" is a blinged-out gold-plated 1911 that would make a Cartel boss blush.
Not exactly the most practical gun for self-defense and she confesses she would be afraid to shoot it and therefore probably doesn't know how to use it properly.
I loved that she said she would probably pistol whip someone instead of shooting them. Just the best response.