My father has been retired for ten years now. He is in his late sixties. As far as I know, he had never broken any U.S. laws. When he and my dear ol' mom decided to drive up to Canada in their new RV a few years ago, they were 'detained' and 'fined' $300 at the entrance to Canada by the mounties. According to him, he had an old antique revolver that was handed down to him after my granddad's death..The mounties searched the RV and found it in one of the drawers. They confiscated it, and detained him for several hours until he paid them. It's unclear on whether they still allowed him entrance or not. He doesn't like to talk about it much, as dear ol' mom is 'anti-gun' with a 'I told you so' attitude much of the time. I'm sure that he's still embarrassed about it..too bad, because he took me hunting when I was a kid. He and I logged many hours hunting, and he bought me my first shotgun at age nine. He has long since sold his shotgun. My question is- I wonder if he has some sort of record that keeps him from aquiring a gun here in the states. He won't even consider owning a weapon for home defense.