Tag: ammo

5th American detained at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo in luggage

Another U.S. tourist was arrested for carrying ammunition in luggage at the Turks and Caicos airport on Monday, weeks after the arrest of an American tourist in the Caribbean territory made national headlines. The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police told CBS News that “a visitor was arrested at the Howard Hamilton International Airport yesterday […]

Colombia missing ‘significantly’ less ammo than reported by president

By Luis Jaime Acosta (Reuters) – Ammunition and weapons missing from Colombia’s army total significantly less than figures reported by President Gustavo Petro this week, a military document seen by Reuters showed, contradicting assertions by Petro about the loss of Israeli-made anti-tank missiles. Petro on Tuesday said more than 1.6 million bullets were missing from […]

American tourist facing prison in Turks and Caicos over ammo in luggage

Valerie Watson returned to Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport in tears on Tuesday morning in a drastic departure from how she imagined her long weekend trip to Turks and Caicos would end. Watson is home, but her husband, Ryan Watson, is in jail on the island and facing a potential mandatory minimum sentence of […]

American sniper in Ukraine says he couldn’t care less about expensive weapons like tanks. ‘Give me artillery’ and ammo, he says.

Ukraine needs artillery and ammunition rather than tanks, a US veteran there said. He said Ukraine has been rationing supplies and not hitting targets. While vehicles are “important” shortages mean Ukraine needs what can keep soldiers alive now. An American veteran fighting in Ukraine said soldiers are desperate for artillery and ammunition. He doesn’t care about […]

Man explains why he brought guns, ammo into Walmart

A Union County man says he meant no harm when he brought multiple weapons into Walmart and wore a bulletproof vest. The Monroe Police Department arrested Moja Kemet Estep Monday afternoon. He faces one misdemeanor charge of going armed to the terror of people. ‘Without the Second Amendment, we have no freedom’ In an interview […]

‘Rust’ Ammunition Supplier Seth Kenney Tells Court Accused Armorer’s Father Behind Efforts To Pin Blame On Him For Live Ammo On Set

Rust ammunition supplier Seth Kenney today said during the involuntary manslaughter trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed that he “started to sense that there were efforts to redistribute blame or the cause of this accident” over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on October 21, 2021. Kenney asserted that attorneys for Gutierrez-Reed, as well as Gutierrez-Reed’s […]