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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2016-08-13 3:50 PM, wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 10:49:49 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 09:47:28 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>> What about Cananda? That's where lucretia lives. Just because some
>>> country has draconian laws doesn't mean ours are bad.
>>
>> Canada is only slightly less lenient than the average U.S. State. But
>> they have this funny law where they won't even let Americans cross the
>> border if they have *any* sort of alcohol-related driving arrests -
>> even if they're not driving or planning on driving. Same with Mexico.
>> America has no such restrictions - we are much more friendly and
>> inviting to our neighbors.
>>
>> [gratuitous and obligatory RFC-style foreigner-bashing comment]
>>
>> -sw
>
> I have to assume you know whereof you speak but far more Americans get
> turned back at the border because of weapons.

I know people who work at the border and there are more people turned
back for criminal records than for firearms. They don't have a problem
with people who declare guns, though they are turned back to find a
place to store the firearms and are allowed to come back. A DUI is a
criminal code offence here and makes them inadmisable.

>
> Back in the day, 1955 I think, I was turned down for a US visa. This
> was in Tokyo and my father called the ambassador to ask him why. After
> investigating it he found that they didn't like the fact that in mock
> general elections in an English boarding school I had stood as the
> communist candidate lol I got my visa needless to add and spent a
> very nice summer as a counsellor at a camp for kids in the Carmel
> Valley.
>