Sam1911
Moderator Emeritus
Sam:
I had an interesting experience today. I found myself to be totally wrong about an assumption I'd made. eek: I know, right?)
I'd been reading Phillip Caputo's The Longest Road, about his Key West-to-Alaska road trip, and he'd mentioned in an off-hand way that among all the packed supplies and equipment, he'd brought along a .357 Magnum revolver.
Now Phil is a Vietnam-era Marine, turned writer and world traveler. He describes hunting trips he's taken, but devotes a lot of the book to exploring and expounding on the sorts of social issues that often mark a writer (in my limited experience) as unlikely to be greatly sympathetic with RKBA, or knowledgeable about gun rights concerns.
In another thread here, I casually mentioned the book and held him up as an example of the sort of gun-owner that doesn't really care about gun laws because he thinks they won't ever apply to him or matter to him, and pointed out how much trouble carrying that revolver around the country (and even Canada) could get him into.
Well, it seems I was mistaken. Totally wrong, in fact.
Quite suddenly and matter-of-factually, Caputo brings up the matter of the revolver, why he brought it along, the fact that he holds carry credentials from three states allowing him to carry it lawfully in 36 states, and then explains exactly how he handled the Canada matter.
So first off, thank you Mr. Caputo for presenting defensive gun ownership in such a law-abiding and respectable light!
Second, I'll relate what he found he could do about it, as I think most would find it interesting:
He called Canadian customs and asked if he could leave the gun with them and collect it on return. They told him no, and directed him to call the local Police in Sumas, WA where he was planning to cross.
Sumas PD also said no, BUT ... now get this ... they sent him to Bromley's IGA supermarket who would, for $10, keep his gun and ammo in safe keeping for up to one year!
In fact, looking at Bromley's site, they'll even ship the gun on to you at another port of entry if you aren't passing through Sumas again.
(Though they say they have to ship to an FFL, which raises questions about how an FFL transfers a handgun "back" to you in a state other than your home state.)
So, hats off to Mr. Caputo, and to Bromley's Market!
I had an interesting experience today. I found myself to be totally wrong about an assumption I'd made. eek: I know, right?)
I'd been reading Phillip Caputo's The Longest Road, about his Key West-to-Alaska road trip, and he'd mentioned in an off-hand way that among all the packed supplies and equipment, he'd brought along a .357 Magnum revolver.
Now Phil is a Vietnam-era Marine, turned writer and world traveler. He describes hunting trips he's taken, but devotes a lot of the book to exploring and expounding on the sorts of social issues that often mark a writer (in my limited experience) as unlikely to be greatly sympathetic with RKBA, or knowledgeable about gun rights concerns.
In another thread here, I casually mentioned the book and held him up as an example of the sort of gun-owner that doesn't really care about gun laws because he thinks they won't ever apply to him or matter to him, and pointed out how much trouble carrying that revolver around the country (and even Canada) could get him into.
Well, it seems I was mistaken. Totally wrong, in fact.
Quite suddenly and matter-of-factually, Caputo brings up the matter of the revolver, why he brought it along, the fact that he holds carry credentials from three states allowing him to carry it lawfully in 36 states, and then explains exactly how he handled the Canada matter.
So first off, thank you Mr. Caputo for presenting defensive gun ownership in such a law-abiding and respectable light!
Second, I'll relate what he found he could do about it, as I think most would find it interesting:
He called Canadian customs and asked if he could leave the gun with them and collect it on return. They told him no, and directed him to call the local Police in Sumas, WA where he was planning to cross.
Sumas PD also said no, BUT ... now get this ... they sent him to Bromley's IGA supermarket who would, for $10, keep his gun and ammo in safe keeping for up to one year!
In fact, looking at Bromley's site, they'll even ship the gun on to you at another port of entry if you aren't passing through Sumas again.
(Though they say they have to ship to an FFL, which raises questions about how an FFL transfers a handgun "back" to you in a state other than your home state.)
So, hats off to Mr. Caputo, and to Bromley's Market!
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