A US woman who flew to Australia with a gold-plated pistol in her luggage has been sentenced to a year in jail, despite claiming she brought it with her for protection.
Liliana Goodson pleaded guilty to charges of illegally importing an unauthorised firearm and illegally importing ammunition.
On Monday, the 30-year-old was sentenced in Sydney’s Downing Centre local court to the 12-month jail term, of which four months will be served in full-time custody.
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…
Oh yeah that’ll calm down those pricks.
On the upside, the clown school gave her an immediate PhD…
Makes sense. That thing was op, they tried limiting it with only holding one shot, but it was an auto kill if you hit with it. Throwing knives was much more fun.
Slappers Only is all they have to play in prison.
Prox mines was my jam just cuz you could be such an asshole with it by mining spawns for chain kills.
I was a fan of the grenade launcher since you could bounce it off of walls.
But… the precious!
she had come to Australia to attend clown school and claimed she brought the gun for protection
This is my favorite part.
When (or if) she finishes clown school, then this could be turned into an amazing comedy bit.
Perfect fit for the “putting on clown makeup” meme.
If you saw her picture, she’s halfway there.
She’s sporting some badass lookin’ headphones. Visibly worn, presumably from use, and then blinged out with googly eyes.
Mrs. Scaramanga, I presume?
Aspiring Baroness Samedi
That seems like a fair amount of time. That lady has some lessons to learn
We finally found the main character.
Is she a Bond villain?
Welcome to Australia. Slappers only.
Sounds like she already graduated from clown college
despite claiming she brought it with her for protection.
Why is that relevant?
Importing illegal items into another country isn’t dependent on why you want to do it. It’s still illegal.
We just elected someone who promised to fix everyone’s cost of living concerns by deporting 1/3 of our agriculture workforce and applying blanket tariffs. We are not a smart people.
The headline about this from another news site is definitely better “Clown School Student Who Tried to Smuggle Gold-Plated Pistol into Australia Claims Google Said It Was ‘OK’”. The more details I read about this story, the crazier it gets. This clown school student is from Florida (of course she is), and she previously had multiple guns but accidentally left them in her donation box. I hope it wasn’t a Toys for Tots donation, but at this point who knows.
Australian court not entertained by Florida clown, jailed for smuggling gun.
Silly clown, should have asked ChatGPT! /s
“despite claiming she brought it with her for protection.”
What an odd way to word that from the writer?
Yea, it reads as though that would be a totally reasonable defense but she had more nefarious aims and was lying.
I don’t believe that is a legal reason for a gun licence in Australia, well at least in my state. You can get a licence to own a gun if you need it for entertainment purposes
Based on the characterization from the article, I don’t think she has too much going on upstairs.
