Guns across the border
There are lots of postings about US Citizens being warned about taking guns to Canada but be aware it works both ways. As a Canadian heading to the US this fall, we crossed the border and our vehicle ...
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Beverley&Ken wrote:
Don't be surprised if your questioned many more times about weapons. We were caught with a banned food product once and since then are always questioned a about food and have U.S border agents search the MH several times, concentrating on the fridge and food storage areas.
Coming back to Canada, we've never been stopped for more than a minute or two.
Ken
We had a similar experience about 10 years ago when the beef ban was in effect. We were going to an event in Branson and crossed into Michigan and were pulled over for inspection. I was asked by 3 different people if I had any beef on board to which I replied NO - I knew the rules. After about an hour, we were taken into an office and they put the frozen Pizza Lasagna (2 portion size and the only thing in the freezer) on the desk. The package said pizza lasagna with mushrooms, peppers, pepperoni (pork). About 10th item down the list of ingredients was beef in the layer of meat sauce. We were fined $300 and the lasagna was confiscated. It was going from the freezer to the micro for that's nights dinner. When asked if you have beef you automatically think of steak, burgers, roasts. That small lasagna probably only contained about 4 or 5 oz. of beef.
We were then searched every time we entered the US for the next couple of years. All the paper work was done in my name as I usually am not the driver. Would you believe I even got called over and interrogated when walking back across the border at Progreso Mex. into Texas.
When we changed RV's and had a different licence plate, we were not bothered again - strange.