Crossing Into, Out of Canada Becoming More Difficult

Terrorism concerns are escalating the requirements necessary for Americans to re-enter their country if they travel to Canada. For hunters, fishing aficionados, hikers, etc., a trip to the Great White North takes a bit more planning.

Now That We Share Gun Owner Data With Mexico, What Else Will We Share With Canada?

"I've talked about efforts to blame "weak U.S. gun laws" for violence in Mexico (and again here). Now it seems that apparently, violence in Canada is also our fault." -- Armed & Safe.

Good points. A staunch Second Amendment supporter from Ohio who is since deceased, a few years ago was asked by Canadian border control personnel as he cleared the checkpoint, "Do you have your guns with you today?" He innocently replied with a question, "What guns?" He wrote of how the Canadian border guard just smiled. My colleague's car had no pro-gun bumper stickers on it, nor was he in possession of a firearm (even then it was widely known that Canada frowns on such things).

It was clear to us then (and this has been nearly 10 years ago), that our own government -- as conspiratorial as this sounds -- may well have been sharing some firearm ownership data with our neighbors to the north.

So for me, the question isn't so much whether Maximum Mike Sullivan is going north. The better query is what more does he intend to share?

Knives Kill In Canada, Too

Jeff Soyer again has found a gem of a story, this time in the Toronto Sun. Nearly left out of the story and found at the very bottom of the piece is this admission:

"According to Statistics Canada in 2006, the most recent year for which there are statistics, stabbing deaths outnumbered homicides involving firearms across the nation. Of 210 victims, just over one-third were killed by stabbings -- 20 more than were shot."

Hmmm . . . so while the Canadian government has maintained that if guns are regulated crime will drop, there is outrage over so-called "knife crime," because large number of teens are carrying knives . . . for protection.