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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 46 points 3 months ago (50 children)

Smuggling weapons into other countries is a great way to ruin your own vacation.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

But do it in a tropical island and congresspeople will be tripping over each other to take a 'fact-finding' trip down there to help you out.

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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 13 points 3 months ago

Sounds like a lovely place to visit. Unarmed, naturally.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The article has been updated. It wasn't 52 months, it was 52 weeks. The person quoted misspoke.

[–] Wilshire@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Thank you. I'll correct the title.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:


An American tourist who was arrested in the Turks and Caicos Islands earlier this year for possessing ammunition was given a suspended sentence of 52 months on Friday and was expected to be released, a spokesperson posted to social media.

Bryan Hagerich of Pennsylvania was one of several Americans facing a potential mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years in prison on ammunition charges in the British territory.

This is a breaking news story.

Check back for updates.


The original article contains 77 words, the summary contains 76 words. Saved 1%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[–] Mr_Wobble@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Bot needs a tune-up.

The article is ~730 words not including heads, not 77 like the bot claims.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's been updated since the bot saw it.

I just wanted to know what the one removed word was.

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