Re: Toronto COMMON...

[Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

rick.baird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> The last time I was in canada was at the border crossing bridge in
> buffalo/fort erie in a car.
>
> I only needed to show my drivers license, open the trunk of my car, and
> tell them what I was doing in Canada (going to the ballet, of course ;)
> ...

To be blunt, they probably wanted to look inside your car trunk to look 
for guns. Here's a story one American co-worker told me about 22 years ago:

Apparently he and a group of friends wanted to cross the border from 
Detroit to Windsor to do some bar-hopping in Windsor. (Go fig!) Anyways, 
at the Canada Customs booth, they were asked if they had any guns in the 
car, and they said no. But a search revealed they were lying, and they 
had to pay a $500 find and the gun was confiscated. As they were 
leaving, they asked the customs agent what would have happened if they 
said yes. The official told them "No problem. You'd just have to leave 
the gun here and pick it up again on your way back home."

I suppose the lesson here is that if you think you absolutely need to 
bring a gun with you, check with Canada Customs first for the rules and 
regs.

Cheers! Hans