I keep weapons in my truck all the time and I have enough sense to realize if I might be getting into a situation that could land me in jail - especially one in Mexico...Mexico, a foreign sh!thole.
IOW, I know when I am carrying and/or transporting legally. Even if I got thrown in a US jail while legally carrying/transporting but tying up traffic, etc. it is better than disappearing in Mexico, deserted by Obama’s government.
I am also old enough to know that your government will desert you in an instant, AND that Mexican authorities would delight in some major screw up I might make. I think about police locales in different cities I pass through all the time.
He’s a vet (I am one, too) and that’s too bad he ended up like this, but should have known better and he should have just stopped before crossing.
Don’t blame me for his screw up.