A U.S. citizen should be grateful he has poor health--it kept him out of a potential three year "visit" to a Canadian prison after he tried to enter the country with a cache of undeclared weapons.Collie Roe, a 66 year-old self-described firearms instructor from Arizona, thought he'd take a shortcut from Michigan to a New York gun show by cutting across Canada. At the border he declared he was carrying four weapons to a gun show. Customs officials must have smelled a rat, because they searched Roe's RV and towed vehicle. In reality, Roe was toting a total of 16 firearms, a loaded handgun in his pocket, and several more--including 9 mm and .45 caliber handguns--all loaded--in the immediate vicinity of his driver seat.
According to the Times Herald of Port Huron, Roe could have spent the mandatory three-year sentence in jail for his convictions on weapons possession, illegal importation, and customs evasions charges. In light of his poor health, a Canadian court rolled his convictions into what in the US is considered a misdemeanor status. Nevertheless, Roe spent three months in jail, had to pay $5,000 to get his RV and toad released, and his weapons will soon be scrap metal.
Isn't Canada wonderful. We will be socialist too if Obama is elected. Get ready to hide your guns. He will take them away.
ReplyDeleteI love the people of Canada. But as a woman traveling alone, I will not go anywhere without a weapon for protection. When rolling, it is unloaded, locked and stored away. Parked and after dark, it is loaded with "blue-tips" and handy. If you get past my dog, and I am threatened of my life, I will protect myself. I am also very careful of state laws, and carry rights.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a gun nut, just alone. I try not to put myself in bad situations. But I will not be a victum either.
The man should NOT have lied, and should not have taken a short cut.
Know where you are and what the laws are. It is the smart and right thing to do.
Thanks, memaw2000@ juno. com Acton, Ca.
This is the guy I am trying to protect myself from--the guy who is always ready to abduct and kill, and who is absolutely certain that he is entitled to do so.
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