Posted on 11/30/2018 7:15:36 AM PST by marktwain
It was not long ago, that taking guns into Canada, a nation with vast areas of wilderness, was uncomplicated and straightforward for U.S. citizens. There were virtually no restrictions on rifles and shotguns.
The Canadian government required a simple seal on handguns to ensure they were not fired in Canada. If the seal were broken when the border was crossed going back into the United States, an explanation was in order. It had to be good. That changed in January of 2001.
As more and more restrictions on the ownership of firearms have been pushed by leftists on both sides of the border, crossing the border with firearms has become a legal minefield to trap the unwary. The nadir was reached when a U.S. citizen had to register any rifle or shotgun they brought into Canada, which included a $25 fee that was good for a few months. All long guns in Canada had to be registered.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was able to keep a campaign promise and remove the failed long gun registry. The $25 fee for crossing the border with a long gun remains. It is virtually impossible for an ordinary U.S. citizen to transport a handgun in Canada.
Hundreds are trapped in inadvertent offenses every year. Taking a handgun into Canada, as many find prudent when traveling to Alaska, is so complicated and confusing as to be legally impossible for an ordinary traveler.
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With the loss of the house, that will now take a SCOTUS ruling on RKBA outside of the home to accomplish.
If Ruth Buzzie retires, we may have the votes to hear a "May Issue" case in SCOTUS and come out with at minimum nationwide shall issue with national reciprocity, or preferably nationwide Constitutional Carry.
I am reminded of the man who bought a rifle in the USA from a private owner.
Sometime later, the original owner’s home was burglarized, and he listed that rifle as stolen in the burglary for insurance purposes.
Ten years later, the man who legally bought the rifle was stopped, going into Canada to hunt, with the rifle was on on the “stolen arms” list.
He had a time clearing his name.
Trade deals are negotiated through the executive branch.
For example, the Candians are trying to put transgender issues into the USMCA trade deal.
They are usually all or nothing to be accepted by the Senate or not.
The house has little say on trade deals.
Changing Canada’s gun laws is not a trade deal, it is a legislative function.
I suppose Trump could ask Trudeau to push an initiative through Canada’s Parliament, but given their current atmosphere of wanting to enact even stricter gun control laws, I wouldn’t hold much hope.
The old system of declaring firearms at the border and again when leaving Canada seemed to work just fine, and there are a lot of people who move to and from Alaska every year that would like to move their household goods through Canada.
I’m not sure why Canada felt the need to change that law in 2001.
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>> “President Trump should work to allow Americans to carry their personal arms all over North America.” <<
I fully agree with that idea.
In fact I think he shoud do an inverse Obama, and issue an executive order requiring everyone to be armed on the day of the week on which they were born.
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>> “Changing Canada’s gun laws is not a trade deal...” <<
Wrong!
It is exactly a trade deal! (accomplished in the exact same fashion)
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Interesting Times,,
You know better.
The border controls were not changed for any legitimate purpose.
It was to punish gun owners and show how much the Leftists in Canada hate guns.
This was all about virtue signaling.
If you are a Leftist, punishing people you disagree with is a legitimate purpose.
Dean, you do realize that it is just as, if not more, difficult for a Canadian to bring a handgun South across the border don’t you?
Only if a hunting license and/or an invitation to a shooting competition is in hand can you come across the border. Then there are the permissions required by the individual states.
The PAL license should be sufficient.
When I was a kid, my Dad & a large group of others would go hunting near Hudson’s Bay in Canada for 2 weeks. They rode the ‘milk trains’, played poker & drank, and there was such a large group that there was ALWAYS one of them in the baggage car with the multiple hunting dogs- mostly Labradors.
They never had any problems with having their guns.
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