If anyone was wondering about this politician’s party, he’s a Republican.
(No one was actually wondering. We all knew immediately.)
I’m a bit surprised Washington has a Republican senator. But I guess there’s plenty of rural areas.
Almost the entire eastern part of the state (minus Whitman county and a few others) is Red. It’s only west of the mountains that it’s primarily blue. The population ratio is massively in favor of west of the mountains though
2/3 of Washington State is very rural. Like, drive 65 miles through wheat fields without seeing a house rural. They also have mountains.
I wouldn’t necessarily make that assumption, I’m a gun toting Democrat myself
Yes, but are you dumb enough to take your gun with you when traveling internationally?
As am I. Been a gun toting democrat since I shipped off to Iraq to look for yellowcake.
“he did not realize he had packed his pistol in his briefcase while he and his wife were traveling…“It was an honest mistake.””
He thought he could get away with it or he did make an honest mistake with a deadly weapon in an international incident. Either way, he should be held accountable for his actions in both situations.
Either way, he should be held accountable for his actions in both situations.
He might, since he was caught outside America, where claiming “I lost track of where my gun was” is an insane defense that would get your gun license revoked forever.
Once back in the US though, we worst he’ll face is some disappointed tutting in his direction. The pro-gun crowd works very hard to ensure the “responsible” part of “responsible gun owner” stays entirely optional.
Apart from that, the TSA did obviously not notice that he was carrying. Which means they either don’t do their job, or they are worthless as such.
Putting aside for a second how the US should be dealing with the very real threat of gun violence in this country, I’m always surprised by the misunderstanding of the gravity that carrying a pistol in public has.
Its not just about keeping the safety on and making sure it doesn’t go off in your pants. When you bring a gun with you, you’re introducing a firearm to a situation where in many case there isnt one. That puts you and everyone else around you at significant risk of being shot now, where again, those odds used to be zero. Not only that, you’re basically steering the bus now on who gets shot if violence should break out, and not everyone is trained to handle an actual confrontation with the appropriate skills.
That’s what’s so mind boggling. At the end of the day, carrying a weapon just makes you and everyone around you more likely to be shot, and people feel the need to do that as a state senator in Washington? It sounds pointless. I’ll also add that the process of getting a concealed permit is mostly saying you won’t commit a crime, and getting fingerprinted, that’s generally it.
People who carry weapons around are generally afraid of something, expand that out to an entire nation and you have the USA.
Anyone who needs weapons in order to feel safe in their own country/own home live in a shithole.
Yeah they always say they need protection. I have never needed to protect myself with a gun and I have lived in some pretty rough areas over the years. What kind of stuff are they doing to other people that makes them think everyone is out to get them?
I was talking guns with an old guy at my last job, he said that everywhere in his house you are never more than 5 feet from a gun, he’s got so many loaded and stashed around his house, just I’m case. I thought that was one of the most insane things I’ve ever heard. Dude really thought someone was going to clockwork orange them every night and he had to be ready for a gunfight at any second. Yeah it’s life in the country and it might be an hour to a hospital and you gotta fend for yourself, but to assume that you’re going to come under violent assault at any moment and have to be ready to shoot it out with anyone has to be extremely draining. It definitely explained his attitude towards others though, always thought the worst of things he didn’t understand.
“It was an honest mistake. And I expect the situation to be resolved shortly,” Wilson said in the statement.
Wilson said in the statement that when the plane landed in Hong Kong, he “immediately went to customs officials and called their attention to the issue.”
I hope he doesn’t assume his status as an American politician will solve the matter. According to the article he volunteered the information. But according to the linked article at RTHK the weapon was found by a customs agent.
Not a complete waste. But there’s a lack of management if a guy can get on a plane with a gun. I’m guessing he skipped the xray because he’s some fancy pants senator.
China either takes the PR win of gun obsessed Americans to extwitter world wide, or they keep him for a trade later on.
Not a diplomat, but it sounds like a coin flip.
14 year possible jail sentence.
Since it was unintentional and out of obscene levels of stupidity, I think he needs some time in a Chinese jail to think about his actions.
I would say about 14 years would do it. It’s for his own good.
Who travels to a foreign country without knowing what is in their possession? Answer: Stupid people who should not own a gun.
Holy shit? Really? This is the most brain dead comment I’ve seen.
Last time I checked hong Kong isn’t America and other countries have their own laws that you have to abide by, because you know, it’s their country. Your second amendment right in another country is as useful as unicorn farts.
Fuck this guy for being a stupid muppet.
You pretty much can’t take a gun anywhere outside the US. Don’t do it unless you want to stay there in their jail cells.
