American gun owner fined $5000 in Canada

[alumltd]

How come I can't get an answer to a rather simple question?

 [COLOR="Red"]What do CCW holders do at a border crossings... even if they are not carrying/storing/transporting firearms?[/[/COLOR]PHP]

Alas... I must conclude that there are very few who may have experienced this anomaly & probably [U][COLOR="Blue"][B]none [/B][/COLOR][/U]of them are THR's!;)

 

[cassandrasdaddy]

nah

its that some folks don't see difference between accidentaly breaking a rule and constantly pushing the edge. then they feel p[icked on when there are consequences

 

[deadin]

What do CCW holders do at a border crossings... even if they are not carrying/storing/transporting firearms?

To start with, it would help if your question made sense.
If they aren't ''carrying/storing/transporting firearms'', they are no different than anybody else. If they wave their CCW permit around or are concerned they will be looked up on a computer, I guess one justs chalks it up to one of the costs of having a CCW,

Dean

 

[alumltd]

OK... sorry about the CCW question, Dean.

You're correct... it only makes sense to someone who knows what the law entails.

It was asked, in hopes that someone would know from experience, i.e. an actual event.:banghead:

 

[deadin]

Well, from actual experience, I have been across a number of times (Vancouver, B.C.) and the question never came up. (Also into Mexico, Europe, etc.)

Dean

 

[grampster]

My how things have changed. Prior to 9-11 I had a general unrestricted CCW and planned on taking the snowtain in October out of the Soo in Canada for a color tour up to Agawa Canyon. I called the US border patrol and asked if I could check my Beretta with them. They were nasty, rude and said no! I called the Cannucks on the other side of the border and they said sure. Just pull up and tell the officer you have a pistol to check, just make sure it was unloaded and the empty magazine out of the pistol.

I did so and they invited me in, I showed them my CCW and I filled out a small form with a receipt. I had previously dropped the mag, unloaded it and the pistol, leaving it open, as instructed. After a couple of agents walked over and admired the handgun and we had a little chat, they put it in a lockbox and stored it in a afe.

When I went back through, I presented my receipt, CCW, and picked it up. They were jovial and polite.

I still am quite agravated about my own country's agents and their rude and uncooperative behavior. I would have thought that they would have been happy to check my handgun. Sigh........

I wonder if the Canadians would be as cooperative today?

 

[NineseveN]

This thread is now officially in the toilet, way to go guys!

FWIW, it's highly unlikely that anyone in this country has not broken some kind of code or law, knowingly or unknowingly. I do think it is mighty low for someone to espouse being on the moral high ground because they don't speed or haven't rolled through a stop sign but then turn around and get down and dirty with the rest of us pigs and result to insults in calling people "sleaze" for doing such minor things, even if only accidentally.

As for the gentleman crossing the border, he broke the law and got caught. It could have been negligence or it could have been bona fide criminal intent; it doesn't matter as far as Canada is concerned...their house, their rules. I choose not to go to Canada or spend any money there, the same as I do every other city/state/country that does not recognize the right for me to be armed.

 

[Art Eatman]

Andaroundandaroundandaround...

Art