A Washington state senator was arrested at the airport in Hong Kong and charged with possession of an unregistered firearm, his office said.

Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, was detained at Hong Kong International Airport on Friday night after he found a pistol in his carry-on bag and reported it to customs officials.

He was released on bail Sunday and faces a hearing Oct. 30.

  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    17
    ·
    1 year ago

    “I’m a responsible gun owner!” say every irresponsible gun owners.

    Fuck the USA and its constitution, it even becomes an issue the next country over because idiots get their firearms stolen and they make their way to Canada so gang members can shoot each other and kill bystanders at the same time.

    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      I used to work at a place where a guy would bring his guns in his truck to work every day.

      To work in sales in an office in an industrial estate.

      They were locked in that metal case in the back of his Ram, but if you were robbing a truck isn’t that the first place you’d look? I also am willing to bet they weren’t disassembled, cased, ammo separate either.

      • Birdie@thelemmy.club
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        1 year ago

        I’m older than most of y’all, 70. In high school, it was not unusual to have the student parking lot filled with pickup trucks…most of which had shot guns on gun racks hanging on the back window.

        It’s so weird to think about that now, how very normal it seemed at the time.

      • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        100% what you break into. Its exposed, and the exact place most people keep expensive tools and stupid people keep guns.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        A guy I worked with had a handgun with permits and stored in his car. We made torpedo parts for the navy. HR found out and sent an email about weapons on the premises. Hehe

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 year ago

        Pretty much all guns used for crimes in Canada illegally made their way to Canada from the USA, that’s just a fact.