Posted on Feb 23, 2022
Retired US soldier held in Zimbabwe for taking gun on plane
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Two questions: How stupid can a person be? And. How did he get the pistol into Zimbabwe in the first place?
Retired US soldier held in Zimbabwe for taking gun on plane
Posted from armytimes.com
Zimbabwe
Firearms and Guns
Crime
Law
Posted 3 y ago
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Hard to believe people still try to carry firearms on airplanes. He may have carried the pistol in hold baggage initially that is usually allowed if you declare it, it is unloaded and in a case with a lock. In Zimbabwe you have to produce documentation of ownership, take firearm to security where they check it and box it, you fill out forms and pick it back up at security when you land. Did some work in Zimbabwe and he will find out it is not a pleasant place to be jailed.
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No sympathy. As a soldier he should certainly know the rules on firearms and airplanes.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
MSG (Join to see) Yes, you just reminded me of the hoops I had to go through in Turkey to go hunting with my TAF counterpart using his weapons.
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Maj Robert Thornton
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen the only caveat is if you are flying with a handgun in checked baggage and you get diverted to NY and have to take possession of your checked baggage, you may be arrested. It has happened to too many people.
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SPC Les Darbison
Do we know if he was working as a contractor in Zimbabwe ether for them or one of our alphabet organizations? Idiotic either way, I'd say! Or could someone have planted a pistol in his luggage? ( To make a point? ) But our current administration doesn't need an excuse to leave Ppl behind now, does it? Just some thinking outside the box!
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