US woman caught with golden gun in luggage at Sydney airport jailed for a year
US woman caught with golden gun in luggage at Sydney airport jailed for a year
Liliana Goodson travelled to Australia to attend clown school with the gold-plated pistol, worth about $3,000, in her luggage
Liliana Goodson travelled to Australia in 2023 to attend clown school with the gold-plated pistol, worth about $3,000, in her luggage
“What about the gun in your bag?” she was asked by a customs officer.
Goodson replied: “Oh yeah, I forgot about that.”
A review of Goodson’s phone revealed she had searched online “can I have a gun in my suitcase?” and set a calendar entry with a note reminding her to “put gun in suitcase”.
Her comedic talents are wasted on clown school.
A reminder to put the gun in the suitcase is just genius...
But what boggles my mind more is how she even got the gun through security. TSA did an absolutely shoddy job.
When asked where she planned to store the gun while she was in Australia, she indicated under a vehicle’s passenger seat, the court was told.
This woman is amazing.
how she even got the gun through security.
You can quite legally transport a firearm in your checked baggage, because it's not accessible to you during the flight.
But yes, the TSA is a joke, and red teams have roughly a 90% success rate at getting firearms and simulated bombs through "secure" checkpoints. It's security theater; it catches people that aren't really trying very hard--or truly forgot that they weren't supposed to carry a firearm in their carry-on bag--and it makes the majority of people think that flying is completely safe. Not very long after 11 September, I was flying to New York City with a friend that accidentally had a rather large switchblade in her carry-on, at a time when switchblades were illegal throughout the US. Not only did she carry it to NYC, she was able to get it back to Chicago, all without the TSA noticing.
Goodson told police she was actually “scared” of shooting the gun and hoped simply producing it would be enough to deter potential threats. “If that didn’t do it I would probably just pistol whip,” Goodson was quoted as having said.
😂
I am going to stereotype here, based on her appearance I don't believe she makes the best decisions for herself.
Article said she was going to Australia for school.
Clown school
I'm kind of amazed they're going to jail her rather than just ship her ass back to the US and have their taxpayers deal with her incarceration.
This whole story smells funny, though. She's obviously trolling in her responses, and it almost feels like she was planning on getting caught. I guess if you're trying to get out of the US after the Trump victory, this is one way way to do so.
Except she will be banned from ever returning to Ausyralia after the remaining 4 months of her incarceration.
Could she extend her sentence by acting up in prison?
Didn't realize she'd be banned forever, though. Regardless, she's either got ulterior motives or she really is just that comically dumb, which is equally likely, heh.
Immigration on a shoestring
was she going to be teaching at clown school
From Florida, of course.
I don't think clown school has anything left to teach her.
Don't do meth.