I considered several threads for this, like the stupid mf and evil mf threads. I settled for this one. Scammer tries to get old guy to give them cash in a relative in jail scam. Scammer calls for an Uber to pick up “a package”. Old guy kills Uber driver.
Now, grandpa’s going to jail.
Gotta admit this one covers all the bases, so to speak.
Tennessee senate passes bill allowing teachers to carry guns in school: Tennessee Senate passes bill allowing teachers to carry guns (usatoday.com)
and just a few days later:
Tennessee pre-school teacher brings guns to school and threatens to shoot people: Tennessee teacher arrested after bringing guns to preschool and threatening to shoot colleague (nbcnews.com)
That reminds me of ‘Kindergarden Cop’:
“You know, kindergarten is like the ocean. Don’t turn your back on it.”
“Don’t worry. That’s why I taped range targets on each of their backs.”
I see the problem here, clearly. However, the senate passed the bill, but it is not passed by the House yet so is not law. The charges against the teacher included “two counts of carrying a weapon onto school property” and it was a preschool (the scope of the bill was K-12). So there is no direct linkage between the two.
However, the teacher made the Democrats’ point for them:
Tennessee Democrats sharply criticized the bill, arguing it was “irresponsible” and could put students at risk to have guns in the classroom, open to be stolen or misused in a panicked crisis situation.
That is the connection I was making.
American arrested in Turks & Caicos attempting to board flight back to U.S. with live ammo in carry-on.
T&C has very strict laws about this, minimum sentence of 12 years. They let his wife go home but he is still being held.
Another responsible gun owner totally forgot he had live rounds in his luggage from a previous trip. (How he got through TSA for the outbound flight, we’ll never know.)
It’s the TSA. Case closed.
Bryan Hagerich has been given a suspended 52-week sentence, and is back home in Pennsylvania. Four other Americans, including Ryan Watson, the subject of the quoted post, is still awaiting his fate.
I was once hired to represent a guy who showed up to court for jury duty and got arrested trying to bring a gun in his backpack past the security entrance.
His wife was beside herself and implored me to pull some strings to get this dismissed.
“He’s never done anything wrong! And he’s a responsible gun owner! He just forgot he had the gun in his backpack.”
“Well,” I responded, “A responsible gun owner wouldn’t forget where he had placed his gun.”
She found another lawyer shortly thereafter. (Oops)
Does that mean you declined to defend him? Or just that they felt like they needed a more sympathetic lawyer?
Yeah, she was the one who hired another lawyer. She didn’t appreciate my failure to respect her husband’s obvious status as a responsible gun owner.
Put that one in the ‘win’ column.
Yeah, … Bullet dodged.
I wonder how they can tell the difference between a responsible gun owner who, oops, had live ammo in his carry on and someone who is planning on hijacking the plane? I imagine someone with a different name might not get the suspended sentence.
The actual presence of a gun would be a clue.
Of course, a true responsible gun owner would have a locking case for gun and ammo, not multi-tasking his regular luggage.
Right. Brought that up on a similar discussion once: at the very least maybe, just maybe, have a dedicated “range bag” and never cross-use it with your travel luggage.
But yes, as mentioned in some of these threads, too often their definition of “responsible gun owner” is really their definition of The Right Kind Of Person Not One Of Them Lowlifes.)
Just for the record, no snark, and entirely FYI, I have exactly what you and @JRDelirious are talking about. Guns go in foam filled, lockable mini-briefcase style cases for transport to the range (oh, to be clear, they’re not “secure” IMHO, but they keep idle hands from them), with the rest of the non-firearm kit in a dedicated range bag. I do even have a TSA approved secure lockbox for airplane use, but the TSA is very, VERY clear that such things have to go in checked bags with clear declarations to Staff prior, and only a moron takes a gun to another state without being extra clear on the different requirements.
All of which indicate a lot of my fellow gun owners, are, sadly, morons. Equally sadly, many people are morons, as current voting trends show, and with just as many consequences for the rest of us.
Aside though - another reason for a dedicated range bag is most firearms by-products and needs tend to smell! Ammo residue? Check! Gun oil that might leak and get in the bag? Check! CLP/Break free for buildup? Oh hell yes.
It’s like thinking your automotive toolbox (unless you’re James May for example) would be great to use as a carryon in terms of stains, oils, and smells to transfer to your clothes.
A local gun range is developing a bit of a reputation.