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Originally Posted by The Gritz Carlton
...Randomly rummaging through your coach looking for "whatever they drop" or can find is a violation of personal rights and a search without reasonable cause...
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Unless you're pretty knowledgeable about Canadian Laws: don't be too quick to judge them based upon our laws down here...
I almost got tangled-up in a "Border Incident" back in 1989...
A couple of us were driving to Montreal in order to hunt Caribou up near the Ungava Bay. We took two vehicles because our plan was to use mine to carry the meat, hides and horns home, while they carried out gear.
My buddy approached the Border first. Throughout the drive North: he had been lecturing me on the CB to NOT mess with the Border Agents. (He knew my sense of humor!)
He drives up, and I see them talking... Suddenly the Agent points a finger at him, and starts waving it. His hands come out the window, and he's gesticulating about something. (I don't know what's going on; it can't be good!)
Finally: The Agent gives a disgusted wave of her hand, and he's allowed to enter Canada...
I pull up: expecting to be shot!
She asks me why I'm here. I say that I'm going on a Hunting trip with Safari Nordik, and we leave from Montreal.
She asks me if I'm with THAT Guy... I say yes... rather meekly!
She waves me on through...
About a mile North of the Border: I CB my buddy, and ask what the Hell just happened!
"She asked me if I had any guns... I said that I had my hunting gear", was his reply.
Because he didn't say that he had guns: the encounter got ugly!
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