He blatantly ignored official warnings and got himself martyr'd.
Ideology doesn't protect from the law, he got himself arrested for publicity.
Don't blame your IQ loss on Marc.
Not really. I have tale to tell about entering Canada. My step son was just released from jail in Quebec after ten days of confinement. His crime: he had an airsoft "gun" in his truck, and some magazines for a Ruger mini-14. My stepson has been enamored by Canada for a long time and he finally got his chance to be a tourist, all he saw was the inside of a jail cell.
quebec isnt canada . LOL, all jokes aside he was most likely put in jail for the ruger mini 14. you cant just bring ammunition into canada without the proper PAL or RPALS .i dont think he told you the "whole' story im going to go with theres something else missing from that puzzle sorry to disbelieve you but airosoft companies hold competitions here ,
I think it was just Canada milking a tourist for a few thousand dollars. I am not bagging on Canada here, the US is just as bad. The cops said the airsoft was a "replica gun".
it is common sense if youre going to another country to check to make sure your guns are allowed there, bb gun, nerf gun, kinder eggs whatever it may be , why wouldn't you check those things? why would he just blindly go do something, obviously he wasn't waving it around a cop so he got pulled over for SOME reason, and for SOME reason they inspected his vehicle, again theres more the story than you were told or you are telling. im not saying Canada is a saint, but if I went to America and I was bringing something into the country that is of gun like structure your best be damned sure id have enough common sense to check if its legal.......
I was unclear. He was arrested at the border, when he entered the country. They searched his truck and found magazines and the airsoft and he went straight to jail.
I know youre used to people arguing with you constantly in politics I am not so the "take a breath" comment is not needed. im merely discussing , however again iw ill point out you have vital information missing, I live on a board city ive had my vehicle ripped apart about 500 times going to Michigan, coming into Canada if you have something illegal they don't just throw you in jail they will turn you away or hand you over to the American authorities. so he obviously pissed off someone by doing something wrong or theres more information missing. there is very little security coming into Canada have the time they barely even check the passports of the americans coming in I watch it , all day long, coming into America you might as well get a body cavity search they are so anal about it (pun intended). I just don't believe they threw him into jail for some magazines at the boarder, I some what believed it if he was already in the country but not coming in that does not make sense, im sorry theres something he didn't tell you or youre not telling me.
I prefer the good old days when Americans could enter Canada, and vice versa, just by driving across the border, no questions asked.
Yes, you are correct. He was not aware that he needed forms for ammunition or toy guns, so he did not have them. I can understand that Canada has its own laws. I think a better way to have handled the whole thing would have been to turn him away at the border. And it goes both ways, I think the US has gone full retard on security and abuses Canadians coming south as well.
I don't think of him as a Martyr, only because he was getting filthy fucking rich