While travelers try to bring an alarming number of guns through airport security every year, this has to be one of the stranger attempts…
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One CAN legally ship a gun domestically on an aircraft if one contacts the airline ahead of time and follows various procedures. I've done it. Internationally? All bets are off.
I know it's no excuse to allow a gun on a plane, but I have to think that the deteriorating security and civil unrest in Haiti is likely a HUGE motivation for this woman to take drastic (though not well executed) measures to bring a gun with her to Haiti. Having flown in/out of PAP twice I'm familiar with how frequently kidnappings occur in the area just outside of the airport. I've also heard that gangs are increasingly taking more control of the city, including areas like Cite Soleil right near the airport.
Again, people shouldn't take a gun on a plane ever. But maybe let's consider the question "What happened or is happening in this person's life that is causing them to think this is a good idea?". I'm sympathetic to the plight of Haitians both living in and escaped/escaping from Haiti and I'm glad I never had to consider smuggling a gun in a raw chicken as a solution for my problems.
Even possible internationally. Take some poorer African countries which allow game hunting. Saw a few guns at check-in at Frankfurt on Ethopian and also some at the airport in Zimbabwe. However, for sure it’s a huge hassle.
Meh...once had a Nigerian priest get caught with a loaded 9mm at JFK.
If he couldn't hide a gun behind God then this certainly wasn't hiding it in a chicken!
What a nut case.............. They should be arrested if a US citizen and NEVER allowed to fly again. If not a US citizen, they should be deported and NEVER allowed back in the USA, NEVER!!! This kinda stuff should not be tolerated in the USA and flying world anywhere with ZERO tolerance.
Getting a gun in Haiti is almost as hard and expensive as in Venezuela due to restrictions (with almost 'absolute gun control' so only the bad guys are armed). And it's even more dangerous to live in Venezuela. So your point is pretty valid. But i'm inclined to think the motivation in this case was for the 'expensive' part than for self defense.
Big question not answered here: Was this in checked luggage or carry-on? It's completely legal to have (unloaded) guns in checked luggage. I suspect it's the smuggling that was the problem here (hence being arrested by CBP rather than airport police and/or FBI) rather than the trying to take a gun on a plane.
Of course, it's extremely stupid either way. All bags, checked or carry-on, get screened by TSA in the U.S. You're not going to get a gun through very easily.
I suspect that this was a (very poor) attempt to bring a gun into Haiti for personal protection, not an attempt to actually use a gun in flight.
I'm a gun owner, carry it everyday. A week before I get on a flight, all my clothes are washed to ensure that there is no gun powder residue to set off any alarms, my luggage is inspected for anything gun related, like spent casings, etc. There is no reason for me to "forget" I have my gun on me.