Bulletheads

As the world watches, four Americans are waiting to see what happens to the ammunition offenses they are charged with in the luxury getaway so nice they had to name it twice: Turks and Caicos.

The Turks and Caicos Islands Government reminds one and all that carrying firearms and/or ammunition into the British Overseas Territory is strictly forbidden.

The four Americans are: Michael Lee Evans, 72; Bryan Hagerich (no age listed); Tyler Scott Wenrich, 31; and Ryan Tyler Watson, 40.

They all face a minimum of 12 years in a really tropical prison, so they have that going for that. No Gulag Archipelago for these fools, no sir!

Luxurious accommodations for gun and ammo toters!

And of course, you turn on the news in America and you see the wives and children, so sad that Dad might not be home anytime soon.

You also turn on the news in America and see a veritable bloodbath of Americans being killed and wounded by guns. So it's not hard to blame the people of Turks and/or Caicos for objecting to their island paradise becoming a shooting gallery like most of America. They have passed laws to make sure that doesn't happen. 

Americans are people who see laws as only applying to other people. Messrs. Evans, Hagerich, Wenrich, and Watson are just now learning that sometimes, the law is the law. 

Just like your fourth grade teacher told you when you got caught violating a playground rule and were punished for it, this will serve as an example to the others who just can't feel strong with their weapons to cling to. 

You can bet that wives all over America are double-checking the family luggage now before taking off on the wings of man to T&C. Someone has to be smart about it.