Going through customs: Don’t Carry Your BB Gun to Canada
The last time I crossed into Canada from the USA, near Buffalo, NY, I had an interesting encounter with the Canadian customs officer there. He was a nice young fellow, and seemed a bit shook up that morning, because right before I got there, he had encountered another US citizen who had given him a fright. “I don’t get paid enough to come to work and deal with the prospect of getting shot,” he said to me, after asking me if I was carrying any firearms. I had said no, and then he had told me that the last guy he asked that of said no, but that the officer spotted a pistol under the driver’s seat. “It was a 9 mm pistol, so I had to deal with the fact that the guy was not only carrying a gun, but he was lying to me about it. I thought that maybe he was dangerous” the customs officer said. “As it turned out, the gun was a BB gun, made to look like a real 9 mm semi automatic weapon.
After assuring him that I wasn’t carrying any guns, including BB guns, the office waved me into his country with a sigh. But it points out the fine line between what is legal and not legal. If you are attempting to cross the border, do yourself and the border guards a favor and don’t carry any guns, even toy guns or BB guns. After all, if you are going to the peaceful land of Canada, chances are you won’t have much need for a pistol.