Jail time for carrying handguns into Canana aboard boat

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
 
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
 
B~C":gvbcor8q said:
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
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drumroll please...
 
B~C":9x39xmkh said:
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
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And I thought the jokes at the tiki bar this evening were bad! :beer :beer :beer
 
B~C":3rerf1ph said:
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
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Heeyoooooo!
 
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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
centerisland":1794s8co said:
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.
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The border can be quite treacherous for many reasons.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Cross+ ... story.html

I hope (and expect) that the individual with the handguns will have his day in court to explain why he made the statements he did and perhaps ask for the court's understanding. Our visitors from the south are really very welcome. We just have a different opinion on a couple of things and ask for honest answers to reasonable questions. Please don't be deterred from visiting us up here.

Chimo !
 
Yeah, Seabeagle X2 :thup

I didn't even resume taking my shotgun after they changed their minds
and decided it was OK, for $50.00 :sad
What really jerked me off was when 5 of them decided to turn my boat
into a training exercise last year because I was wearing my NRA hat. :disgust If it had been a turban, it would have been profiling. :monty
Glad I wasn't wearing my "One Round Puts 'em Down" .458 Socom
shirt, I'd probably still be there. :wink

Jack... :smiled
 
To add to the list of clothing NOT to wear at Canada Customs-----Camo pants, shirt, or hat. Wearing camo can be a trigger for a search.

Also if you do take a legally permitted long gun to Canada, be ABSOLUTELY sure that you have NO handgun ammo or handgun cleaning tools in your gun box. That is another trigger for a search. The guy who got in trouble had a box of .38 cal ammo sitting next to the shotgun shells.
 
Not to point a finger or anything but the guy denied the handguns for 5 minutes before finally admitting. Does "false reporting to a federal officer" ring any bells. Not a good idea to screw up, but then to lie about it first and then get caught in that, -- oh, BAD.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
look its not hard to take your gun with you as long as it meets their rules. and a real gun in longer then 4 inches. and yes " this is my weapon, this is my gun, this is for fighting and this is for fun" sorry you got the short barrel bob....

This guy deserves what he got for lying and making the good gun owners and Americans look bad. It was completely avoidable. If you think this is bad try taking your kid up north with out your wife. Susans dad got the third degree and the girls got taken in to a separate room so they could tell the "truth". that was for just showing up at the border with out the mother along.

As far as the fairytale article posted above, just read the commits after the article. What a puff piece, as in I wander what he was puffing when he wrote it?? there is a lot of drugs going both ways. Coke going north and pot, hash, crystal meth,ecstacy,ephedrine,ketamine,GHB,methcathinone,LSD going south. Canada was declared the biggest maker of these drugs in the world last year. hugh problem.
 
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