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Oh, and Skeet............I agree with a great deal of the things you have posted but I am astonished that you have quit coming to Canada to hunt due to our terrigble gun laws. What the hell?!
How on earth is that a problem for you? American hunters have been putting up with the BS of applying for a Visa, firearms permits etc, overseas to hunt in Asia and Africa for many decades. Now, just because you have to pay $25.00 for a temporary firearms licence as you enter Canada, that is a big enough deal to quit going to hunt here!????
I have to apply to the BATF about 3 months in advance to get a permit to bring my rifle into the US to go hunting. It might be the land of the free but that doesn't apply to us Canucks coming to the US to hunt. The hunters I guide are always bitching about that and yet most do not seem to know that their country makes others, even Canadians, jump through a few hoops to bring a rifle state side to hunt.
The US wants improved security and that applies to Canadians entering the US..............but we shouldn't ask anything of US citizens entering Canada? Come on boys! It is a sign of the times and you have been jumping through these hoops for many years to go to other countries.
Lastly, much of the security measures that neither of us likes crossing the border have been getting rammed down our throats by the US gov't and because we ARE your neighbours. The new Passport requirement was brought in and pushed by the US, not the Canadian government. in fact our government fought to have it toned down, but to no avail. You need it to get back into your own country thanks to YOUR government and yet I am always amused by the fact that most of the US hunters I guide seem to think it is Canada's fault that they are going to need a passport..............not their own government.
The bitching needs to stop...................even with the new measures, as far as crossing from one country to another goes, it is still relatively easy going back and forth between our two countries. I do not like it either, but it could be a hell of a lot worse. If a firearms permit stops you from coming to Canada then you best be planning on staying home for the rest of your life cause it ain't easier to go anywhere else.
Our British friends are in the process of making it mandatory for visitors to the UK to submit to fingerprinting/retina scans.........now there is something we should be pissing and moaning about!
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