Jarnhamar
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Perhaps we should just... Watch and shoot.
Perhaps we should just... Watch and shoot.
It has damaged the reputation of the CAF, yet again. CAF members have been caught smuggling some pretty hairy stuff over the years and this will cause BSOs to focus more on them for a while.My point is it’s a crime with no violence and no damage to others.
A decision upheld by the Federal Court, I might add.I’m not disagreeing that it is a crime, my point is solely that I find it sad that the Government in Canada has the ability to criminalize sporting firearms without any legitimate justification.
At two separate points it was part of the Maritimes.Go to Maine, it's close enough to being a part of the Maritimes.
Go to Maine, it's close enough to being a part of the Maritimes.
I've snuggled a bottle or two.Snuggling a bottle of rum and what that Maj did are two very different things. Scale of offence has a role to play.
Yes...I know the guy. Shared a room with him and a range with him.
Amazing shooter.
One part of me is surprised. One part of me is not.
I will observe that by open source info, he moved to the US 5-ish years ago, and everything in those pictures was perfectly legal to own and use in Canada 5 years ago. There is paperwork necessary to legally move firearms across borders. I've done it to enable the movement of CAF weapons across international borders with this shooter using one of those weapons.
He wasn't involved in the paperwork side of that weapons movement, but he was aware that paperwork was required.
I do not know what the law currently says about a CAF member moving back to Canada after an OUTCAN posting with handguns that had previously been registered in Canada, but with the current OIC and handgun ban in play, I suspect there was no legal way for those to be imported.
(Note, there is a means to legally export and re-import handguns for competition purposes - a friend of mine is currently in the US at an IPSC match, and he's got his guns with him.)
As for the 'duplicate serial numbers' - that is something that could have been done as a warranty replacement for a damaged receiver with the old (damaged) receiver being retained so that both are present with the same SN. Or something like that.
I'll leave those thoughts, and not comment further as I am hoping that this is something where the paperwork just didn't follow properly, or something like that, and will remind everyone of the presumption of innocence, despite the court of public (and media) opinion.
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But LL Bean!!!!! And Friendly's Ice Cream!!!!!No thanks. I don't want to leave the Canada or the Maritimes to simply move into the light version.
I snuggle bottles too.....maybe smuggle?I've snuggled a bottle or two.
Depends how it is done.I’ve never had to do a cross border move of HG&E. I assume there’s customs paperwork. Is there anything in that paperwork that explicitly asks about firearms and ammunition?
Handguns registered in Canada and temporarily exported before the ban/freeze can be re-imported after the ban/freeze with a import permit from GAC. If any of his handguns were not registered in Canada prior to the ban/freeze, then they cannot be imported except under a very limited set of exemptions, none of which he would qualify for.I do not know what the law currently says about a CAF member moving back to Canada after an OUTCAN posting with handguns that had previously been registered in Canada, but with the current OIC and handgun ban in play, I suspect there was no legal way for those to be imported.
Few clarification pointsAs for the 'duplicate serial numbers' - that is something that could have been done as a warranty replacement for a damaged receiver with the old (damaged) receiver being retained so that both are present with the same SN. Or something like that.
The quality of firearms training for CBSA recruits has increased over the past few years. But, you nailed it, most are not "gun people". I don't know about USCBP, but CBSA is responsible for enforcing over 90 different acts and regulations at the border. Obviously, their training and experience is geared towards what gets enforced most often.The vast majority of personnel in CBSA and CBP aren’t gun people and even uncontrolled parts can cause major hiccups that take both time and money to resolved even when one has done nothing wrong.
Totally agree, and I don’t blame them, there is only so much training hours in the day.The quality of firearms training for CBSA recruits has increased over the past few years. But, you nailed it, most are not "gun people". I don't know about USCBP, but CBSA is responsible for enforcing over 90 different acts and regulations at the border. Obviously, their training and experience is geared towards what gets enforced most often.
The quality of firearms training for CBSA recruits has increased over the past few years. But, you nailed it, most are not "gun people". I don't know about USCBP, but CBSA is responsible for enforcing over 90 different acts and regulations at the border. Obviously, their training and experience is geared towards what gets enforced most often.