Posted on 12/09/2024 6:00:00 AM PST by algore
A US woman who flew to Australia with a gold plated pistol in her luggage has been sentenced to a year behind bars, 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.
The 30-year-old on Monday was sentenced in Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court to a 12-month jail term, of which four months will be served in full-time custody.
Goodson was taken into custody immediately following the hearing and forced to remove her extensive jewelry before being handcuffed and led from the court.
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.
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.
The court was told in recent years, Goodson was using psychedelic drugs, synthetic cannabis and crystal meth amphetamines
She was initially arrested at Sydney Airport in April 2023, after customs officers uncovered the 24-carat gold-plated pistol, worth about $3000, in her luggage.
The court was previously told she had come to Australia to attend clown school and claimed she brought the gun for protection.
Goodson had searched online whether she was allowed to bring the weapon into Australia, despite telling officers at the time she forgot she had it with her
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No kidding.
Because most sane, rational people would know better than to try to take a gun across any border.
For the life of me, I cannot fathom how so many cultures thought that disfiguring themselves in such ways was attractive.
How could I resist?
Well she already had the clown makeup part almost perfect. How much more school did she need?
OMW! Satanic.
Let me guess...she’s from the SF Bay Area.
Wonder if she bought that handgun legally in the US, being as she’s a bigtime drug user and all.
Yea, that did it for me too, especially the clown school part.
Do you suppose there are any men who find her attractive? I seriously cannot imagine.
Only imported Islamists and Africans are allowed guns in Australia.
Clown school? Really?
That dude on “Tactical Response” got one thing wrong.
The Crazy Axis is NOT bounded at “10”; in some cases it should be presented with a logarithmic scale. This case, for example ...
Somehow, the cheap blued GI mags just don’t go with the gold-plated pimp pistol.
LSD is the least that she’s taking.
Hah! My brother has one of those. It won’t feed anything except 230 gr ball ammo. He curses under his breath when we go to the range and my Ruger P90 easily consumes everything I put in it.
Definitely clown material..
If I knew that was on the plane I wouldn’t sleep during the flight.
The real question, why does she need clown school?
NO! Any man who looks at her would turn tail and run, as fast as possible, in the opposite direction!
As always with the DailyMail, it’s a toss-up whether the level of stupidity is greater in the article or the people the article is written about.
In this case I think they are both more stupid. Even if that might cause a world-destroying singularity event.
Tainted Minds =====Clown School.
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