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nucleative@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Washington state senator arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun through airport

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Washington state senator arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun through airport

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nucleative@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Washington state senator arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun through airport | CNN
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An American politician has been arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun into the city, according to a charge sheet seen by CNN, in what he has called an “honest mistake.”
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    I wouldn’t necessarily make that assumption, I’m a gun toting Democrat myself

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      Yes, but are you dumb enough to take your gun with you when traveling internationally?

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        They probably just know there are consequences for their actions. Unlike the politician.

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        Did anyone actually read the article?

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          Did you?

          “Washington state senator Jeff Wilson was arrested on Saturday at Hong Kong International Airport and charged with possession of a firearm without a license, the charge sheet states, an offense punishable by up to 14 years in prison and a fine of more than $12,000.”

          Whoopsies!

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            The bit where he says he is the one that brought it to the attention of customs.

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              That doesn’t make him any less stupid given that he flew to China with an illegal gun in the first place.

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        no but that’s not really the point I was making

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          Sure, but it is the point the person you were replying to was making.

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      The stupidity was the giveaway, not the gun.

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      As others have pointed out, it’s not the gun ownership. It’s the stupid, entitled, law-breaking gun ownership. As you’re a gun-toting Democrat, I fully expect you to be smart enough not to be packing heat on an international flight.

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      Do you know many gun toting democrats that are bad gun owners?

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      Yeah, but you probably aren’t going to try to bring a gun to China.

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      As am I. Been a gun toting democrat since I shipped off to Iraq to look for yellowcake.

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        Good thing you guys never found any. With that name the Marines would definitely try to eat it.

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