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.