Turks and Caicos crime and lack of justice system

[Anonymous]

The clueless dad who spent 100+ days in jail in Turks and Caicos was just on GMA. Sure, he had a smattering of ammo (but no weapon) accidentally in his luggage, but 100 days in jail plus a $6,700 fine sounds like a great way for a poor island to make money…particularly since there are 4 other Americans currently held for similar charges.

Be careful.

[Anonymous]

I mean, who accidently brings ammunition in their bag though? How is this even a thing.

What a moron. He deserved it.

[Anonymous]

That island has known drug problems. They should address that!

[Anonymous]

I don't feel bad for these numbskulls. Somehow, I've traveled abroad (including Turks & Caicos) dozens of times, and have never been an international incident. It's not really that hard.

How stupid and irrespponsible of a gun owner do you have to be to "accidentally" leave ammo in your luggage?! Sounds like the poster child for dangerous gun owners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That island has known drug problems. They should address that!

And yet tourists still show up...
Possibly they are fueling the drug problem

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't feel bad for these numbskulls. Somehow, I've traveled abroad (including Turks & Caicos) dozens of times, and have never been an international incident. It's not really that hard.

How stupid and irrespponsible of a gun owner do you have to be to "accidentally" leave ammo in your luggage?! Sounds like the poster child for dangerous gun owners.

+1

That’s how you get toddlers shooting guns.

[Anonymous]

Let me connect the dots: if the courts are now handing out $7k fines to rich Americans, I wonder if they’ll start planting ammo or trumping up fake charges. Easy money.

[Anonymous]

I don't feel bad for this guy. I can't imagine how you forget you have ammunition in your luggage. How irresponsible - regardless of local laws.

[Anonymous]

Be careful? Lol! How about don’t travel with ammo. The fact that this person was so careless with their ammo that it could be in a bag for however long they didn’t realize it is concerning. Obviously this is not a safe gun owner. He deserves what he got.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That island has known drug problems. They should address that!

PP, be sure to stay out of America. They have a drug problem too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me connect the dots: if the courts are now handing out $7k fines to rich Americans, I wonder if they’ll start planting ammo or trumping up fake charges. Easy money.

Einstein -

If I don't own a gun, why on earth would I have ammo (even if planted) in my bag?

I would be pretty easy to clear non-gun nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me connect the dots: if the courts are now handing out $7k fines to rich Americans, I wonder if they’ll start planting ammo or trumping up fake charges. Easy money.

You went from a country enforcing their stated laws and charging relatively nominal fines, to a corrupt government?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't feel bad for this guy. I can't imagine how you forget you have ammunition in your luggage. How irresponsible - regardless of local laws.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That island has known drug problems. They should address that!

I don’t visit my sister-in-law because of her pettiness . If you have a problem with a country, just don’t visit it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The clueless dad who spent 100+ days in jail in Turks and Caicos was just on GMA. Sure, he had a smattering of ammo (but no weapon) accidentally in his luggage, but 100 days in jail plus a $6,700 fine sounds like a great way for a poor island to make money…particularly since there are 4 other Americans currently held for similar charges.

Be careful.

So you believe they calculate $28,000 in fines will drag them out of poverty?