US woman caught with golden gun in luggage at Sydney airport jailed for a year

This commenter dug up even more baffling details: https://aussie.zone/post/15912083/13633454

The Guardian's headline is.pretty tame all things considered. You could have had:

• US woman backflips in court, pleads guilty to smuggling 24-carat gold gun into Sydney
• Clown school student who tried to smuggle gold-plated pistol into Australia claims Google said it was 'OK'

From the first one:

Goodson had declared that she was carrying cat, squirrel and rabbit parts on her incoming passenger card, but failed to mention the gun.

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The court also heard that she previously owned two other guns while living in the States, but she had accidentally given them away.

"Those guns I ended up giving away, because I accidentally left them in a donation box."

From the last one:

Her lawyer said she packed the pistol because she was high and paranoid from synthetic marijuana

She also has a horn and a bone through her nose.

cause if they just sent her back the americans would only give her another one when she landed so whats the point.

Can you just caaually go to airport with gun in your luggage in US?

*Brave jump! *

When I go to the airport I have game set to slappers only.