https://www.nraila.org/articles/2024062 ... wfk.Q9wNUH
We have recently been reporting on the untenable situation in the popular tourist destination of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), where a harsh weapons law with mandatory imprisonment for violators has been snaring Americans for accidental violations involving stray rounds of ammunition in their bags. While local courts have avoided imposing the law’s life-altering 12-year mandatory minimum in each case, with judges citing the law’s “exceptional circumstances” clause, the incidents have traumatized and financially burdened those involved, some of whom were jailed for days, weeks, or months. Underscoring the capricious nature of the law is the fact that some of the violations involved tourists who were on their way to board airplanes to leave the jurisdiction.