Five Turks and Caicos vacationers and now Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) have been charged with firearms violations in recent months.
Michael Lee Evans remembered he had misplaced the ammunition clip for a pistol years ago, but he didn’t expect to see it come out of his luggage. It was an even bigger surprise for the 72-year-old from Texas to learn he could be facing years in prison for bringing the bullets into Turks and Caicos.
Turks and Caicos prohibits the possession and use of unlicensed firearms and ammunition under an ordinance that has led to at least five Americanin the British territory over the past seven months, including Evans. In interviews with The Washington Post or reports by other media, “The number-one reason we hear from people, and I kid you not, is ‘I forgot I had it in my bag,’” Lopez said.
Whether it’s intentional or inadvertent, trying to pass a gun through airport security has consequences for the gun owner. TSA officers don’t confiscate firearms, but they do call local law enforcement, which can then enforce fines or criminal charges that could lead to jail time, depending on local laws.became new gun owners. However, the vast majority of guns purchased during that time were bought by people who already owned one.
But gun-owning advocates for gun safety said that forgetting a firearm while traveling — even when a gun owner takes great care otherwise — is reckless, especially given that there are legal ways to travel with them.
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