Can i get arrested in home country if i used licensed weapons in another country?

[Jemedari Abdilatif]

I went to somalia and got job in the country.i applied for an AK47 and apistol.i got the weapons and the license.i used them for self defence only.sometimes i upload photos showing me handling the weapons on social media and when i go back to my home country can they arrest me or investigate me.

[civil_av8r]

No, the gov't cant enforce laws in another country. That would be like the Saudi's trying to come to the US and arrest all the homosexuals.

[ArtLover]

That depends on your home country's laws.

For example, (and it is just an example; of course you are not doing anything like this) some pedophiles go to different countries where it's easier to get to children. Even though they commit this act in another country, even if it's not illegal in that other country, the USA has laws that say that any citizen who does that, no matter where they are, can be arrested and tried back in the US. The government can wait until they get home and arrest them at their port of entry or at any other place.

I will tell you one thing, though; it's never good to attract negative attention from people in charge. They could always follow you around until you get a speeding ticket and then charge you with ten other obscure laws too, or they could use it if you ever get in a bar fight to show that you are aggressive and dangerous and should be locked up.

[Zoltie]

No. Your countries laws only apply in your country. Whatever you do in another country has no effect on your country unless the other country wants to prosecute you. Although the US has passed a law about prosecuting Americans who go to other countries for the purpose of having sex with children.