Jail time for carrying handguns into Canana aboard boat

centerisland

He was on his way through Canada to Alaska with 3 handguns: $3K fine, $2K bail, and facing mandatory jail time:
http://www.timescolonist.com/Port+Angeles+faces+jail+loaded+handguns/4786560/story.html

starcrafttom · Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:05 am Post subject:

could have been avoided if he had just done the paper work.

thataway · Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:09 am Post subject:

Have your licensed firearms dealer send to a dealer in Ketchikan. Saves a lot of problems!

Tug · Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 2:37 pm Post subject:

I doubt if he will do any jail time but he'll never be allowed into Canada again. We get lots of Americans trying to bring guns into Canada at my point of entry, either they don't declare there firearms or they think they can slip it by the customs. I can't figure out why they do that...there is a BIG SIGN before you cross into Canada the says that YOU MUST DECLARE ALL FIREARMS..Tug

B~C · Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 3:02 pm Post subject:

ouch, that story kind of reminds me of a math instructor friend here at the school that was almost jailed when he tried to cross the border with a backpack full of calculators. They tried to hang him for having weapons of math instruction

starcrafttom · Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 3:34 pm Post subject:

Ken, you still have your day job right?? just checking...

Chester · Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 4:03 pm Post subject:

C-Gypsy · Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 5:43 pm Post subject:

sportner · Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 6:15 pm Post subject:

Ken,
You can't just own the tin foil hat, you have to wear it.

C-Gypsy · Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 6:18 pm Post subject:

localboy · Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 6:45 pm Post subject:

thataway · Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 9:45 pm Post subject:

Tom
Reading the regulations, it sounds difficult to bring a handgun into Canada--even for transport to Alaska. Some countries will allow it to remain in a bonded locker, but Canada apparently does not.

One of the issues is the barrel length--any under 4.14 inches is prohibitied as I understand it--even with the paper work. My .44 mag is 4 " even. I have a .357, which you would have to have a micrometer to say if it was more or less than 4.14". It is not that expensive to ship it--my dealer is a friend--and I paid about $20 on the other end, plus shipping costs.

One of the problems for this guy was he lied about having the guns, even though he had .38 cartreges by the shotgun shells. Then the handguns were loaded to complicate things.

Maybe it is easier than I think?

seabeagle · Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 5:27 am Post subject:

Not that I want to deny the guys right to have all of the guns that he wants but, something does seem fishy about his story. I'm a gun guy and doubt that any legitimate gun owner honestly forgets where their other guns are. It doesn't seem that he had any other motive other than not declaring them but, fools like him give decent gun owners a bad rap. I've known for what seems like 20 years that handguns and Canada don't mix, I think he did too.

centerisland · Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 11:10 am Post subject:

Yes, I think he tried a fast one and didn't think it through. But if he really can't go into Canada, that's going to make being a commercial operator going from Washington to Alaska extremely difficult.

chimoii · Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 11:28 am Post subject: