American charged at Coutts crossing after firearms seized

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck

You can sell a car to someone that could end a life too.....

Cars aren't designed to kill things.

[mykalberta]

Originally Posted by Flashpoint

The right to bear arms!

It probably resonates better with a country who had to fight for its freedom rather than one who was treated like a b!tch until it became politically convenient to let them go.

[Bownesian]

Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck

You don't know where these weapons were going though...could be additions to someone's collection or for target shooting for all we know.

Setting aside the fact that one of the seized weapons is illegal for civilian possession in Canada, there is no need to smuggle firearms for the lawful purposes you describe.

[Hack&Lube]

Man, this guy was just helping us prepare for the upcoming zombie invasion. Now we are all doomed!

[PIMking]

[SeeBass]

Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck

You don't know where these weapons were going though...could be additions to someone's collection or for target shooting for all we know.

You can sell a car to someone that could end a life too.....

You know what else kills people scaffolding, swimming pools and acme 1 ton weights.

I dont think I would like those guns next door to me.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Scary stuff.

[mikey_the_redneck]

Originally Posted by puckluck

That's exactly my point. I don't know, thats why I couldn't live with myself.

And did you just compare selling a gun to selling a car? Are you really that stupid?

NEWS FLASH: Guns are made for shooting people. Cars are not.

I own several guns and use them plenty.

Guess what? I have never shot or killed anyone with them...

[hockeycop]

Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck

You don't know where these weapons were going though...could be additions to someone's collection or for target shooting for all we know.

You can sell a car to someone that could end a life too.....

Are you a defense lawyer by chance?

People with gun collections, target shooters, hunters, etc all have 1 thing in common. They are all (or at least the great majority) law abiding citizens who legally purchase and register their firearms. For those with restricted weapons, they also get the Authorization To Transport from the CFO.

People who smuggle guns like this have one purpose, and that is to distribute them to people who can not otherwise (or don't want to) acquire a firearm. These are the people who use them to commit crimes.

Again, good job to the border boys and gals. This is exactly the type of news the Canadian public wants to see coming from the CBSA. The Canadian public does not care so much about the 45 year old going through a midlife crisis who underdeclared the value of his US purchased Corvette so he could save some tax money.

[CaptainCrunch]

Since those guns aren't exceedingly rare or unique, I doubt that they're going to a collector, or a target shooter.

I doubt a collector or target shooter is going to be willing to pay enough money to a smuggler to risk a long prison term by bringing those weapons across the border.

But do you know who would pay a lot of money for those guns. People who desperately want fully automatic weapons, which to me would be gang members and drug dealers.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck

I own several guns and use them plenty.

Guess what? I have never shot or killed anyone with them...

It's not you I worry about, its the crackhead that breaks into your house and steals your gun.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by SeeBass

You know what else kills people scaffolding, swimming pools and acme 1 ton weights.

I dont think I would like those guns next door to me.

Are they in your survivalist compound hidden up near Northern Canada out of the reach of the New World Order?

You know if the UN black ops world government security forces come after you, you're probably outgunned and out numbered.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

It's not you I worry about, its the crackhead that breaks into your house and steals your gun.

If you own thousands of dollars in rare guns like these, I'd hope you could invest the $200 for a decent weapons safe.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

If you own thousands of dollars in rare guns like these, I'd hope you could invest the $200 for a decent weapons safe.

You would think so wouldn't you?

None the less on 2 occasions when I was house hunting a few years ago we wandered into bedrooms with, in one case two shotguns a rifle, a really nice winchester and an automatic pistol (looked like a 1911) in the closet.

[Flash Walken]

I wonder if this information is connected to the recent drug busts.

[mikey_the_redneck]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

But do you know who would pay a lot of money for those guns. People who desperately want fully automatic weapons, which to me would be gang members and drug dealers.

I am under the impression that those weapons are not automatics, as per your posts on the first page...but I see what you're saying..

I just think that it would be a little funner around here if a guy could use a cool gun like that, for recreational/sport purposes of course...

[SeeBass]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Are they in your survivalist compound hidden up near Northern Canada out of the reach of the New World Order?

You know if the UN black ops world government security forces come after you, you're probably outgunned and out numbered.

What are you talking about?

I said I would not like those guns next door to me.

You lost me.

[CaptainCrunch]

I was talking about Mikey, not you.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck

I am under the impression that those weapons are not automatics, as per your posts on the first page...but I see what you're saying..

I just think that it would be a little funner around here if a guy could use a cool gun like that, for recreational/sport purposes of course...

If you want cool guns, shoot black powder.

I don't think that its any great challenge using a sited semi auto rifle for target shooting or hunting.

I have a great deal of respect for someone that can shoot accurately with a bolt action rifle with iron sites.

[mikey_the_redneck]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I was talking about Mikey, not you.

And yet I haven't talked about any of the things you mentioned, aside from maybe the New World Order.....

Pretty lame and dry, even for you CaptainCrunch..