re: 3 US governors ask Turks and Caicos to release Americans detained over ammo

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Some of y'all aren't limited to domestic boot licking. Yeah, this guy fricked up. But it's ridiculous that he should spend over a decade in prison because of it.

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It is insane. Unless they are suspected of smuggling ammo or weapons into the country on a commercial scale they should simply be denied entry and sent back to the states.


I used to go to the Bahamas regularly on my boat. This was through 2006. I ALWAYS had a loaded gun on the boat....every single time....as did almost everyone unless they were brain dead. Most of the time the Bahamians did not inspect boats at the time....but they did occasionally. When they did it was not a pleasant few minutes because they are notorious hard asses about it....although, like most of their counterparts, are open to negotiations about the penalty....they never found a gun on my boat but there was one there every time and they probably damn well knew it and were just going through the motions. I do not think I would carry one today...supposedly they have gotten really tough on it and paying the "fine" in cash and going on about your business is not the way they do business today....do not know that, its based on anecdotes....