How did this guy get a hand gun in Canada? You need a license to buy a hand gun in Canada, they are not issued to non-residents or non citizens. Did he buy it on the black market? Did he bring it with him from the US?
How did he get it on the plane? If his baggage was checked it would have shown up and he would have been arrested.
It is legal to transport the gun through checked baggage, if you unload the gun and have two states that honor the carry permit.
Two weeks ago I checked it out. I had a trip to Florida, but I had no bag to check. So I left the gun at home.
Years ago, thugs would go after tourist in Florida, knowing they just got off a plane and had no weapon.
The guy was never on any flight.
He had traveled on the highways from Alaska.