At some point, one has to wonder if anyone who owns guns will go to Turks & Caicos. 

Just a few months ago, an American tourist made it home after being arrested for having a couple of rounds of ammunition in their luggage. The situation prompted a change in the law regarding the possession of ammunition.

Which is good for an Atlanta woman who was arrested for having a couple of rounds of ammunition a week ago.

While that particular legal process is ongoing, it seemed as though it's big news that she owns multiple firearms.

Tiana Jones, the 24-year-old female American tourist who was caught with two bullets while leaving Turks and Caicos Islands last Thursday, owns four firearms including an AK-47, a Glock 26, a Draco semi-automatic gun and an FN pistol, in Atlanta, Georgia.

This was revealed by her attorney Ashwood “Nash” Forbes, when he successfully applied for$10,000 bail with one surety when Jones appeared before Mr. Justice Anthony Gruchot in the Supreme court on Thursday, August 8, 2024.

Forbes told the court his client and her husband were in the departure lounge at the Howard Hamilton International Airport on August 1st, 2024, when she heard her name over the public address system. She was subsequently informed by security officials that her checked bag contained two rounds of ammunition, then arrested. Forbes said it was a bag she normally took with her to the shooting range in her home state of Georgia.

In response to Judge Gruchot, Forbes said his client was aware of the widely-publicised cases of five Americans who were recently charged and fined for illegal possession of ammunition, but he said it was an innocent mistake.

Here we see the importance of having a dedicated range bag that you do not use for other things such as traveling abroad or even traveling on an aircraft.

Not that most people are really going to have a dedicated range bag that they never use for anything else. Most of us figure we'll just take everything out, and most of the time, it's not an issue.

Frankly, Jones possessing firearms in a completely different country shouldn't even be relevant. The fact that there were a mere two rounds means that it's not like she was trying to smuggle illegal ammunition into the country in order to sell it to criminals there. It's two freaking rounds.

She should have to tell the world what kind of guns she has over two freaking rounds.

The attorney, Forbes, had another client being charged with a similar offense. He had 50 rounds--so about a box worth--and didn't own any guns. He said he was carrying it for a friend and that he took full responsibility for it. That client is a resident alien living in Miami, but his case is a little funkier than Jones's because of those differences.

I get that Turks & Caicos doesn't recognize the right to keep and bear arms, but that makes it all the more important that we figure out a way to spread the message about this fundamental human right beyond our own borders. Americans shouldn't have to tell everyone what they own just because of what is clearly a simple mistake.