A Hong Kong court dismissed a gun charge Monday against a Washington state senator who had been arrested after he carried a gun into the Chinese territory in what he called an “honest mistake.”
Republican Jeff Wilson self-declared that he was carrying the gun at the airport Oct. 21, has a clear criminal record in Hong Kong and made his admission in an open manner, the prosecution said at the court hearing.
Principal Magistrate Don So approved the arrangement for a bind-over order rather than a plea to possessing an unlicensed firearm, saying he was inclined to believe Wilson was innocent.
The bind-over order requires Wilson to keep the peace and avoid committing further firearms offenses for two years. The magistrate said Wilson would be fined 2,000 Hong Kong dollars ($255) for breaching the order if he doesn’t comply.
The TSA has a roughly 80% failure rate on detecting weapons. Some tests rate it up to 95%. There’s a reason it’s called security theater.
They couldn’t find this man’s gun, but they confiscated my Leatherman when my bags got bumped from checked to carry-on.
Made my wife dump out hot sauce she forgot to put in her checked luggage.
We need to abolish the TSA in its current form. Billions spent inconveniencing travelers with unreasonable and at times invasive searches.
You know what we haven’t done? Caught a terrorist.