Canada/US Border still shut...

JaxDad wrote:

wilber1 wrote:

dedmiston wrote:

wilber1 wrote:
Bear sprays in larger containers are OK in Canada, sprays for use against humans like Mace are not.

Nope. This was evidently the bad kind. Lesson learned. I'll be a better guest next time.

It's kind of an odd distinction, I'm sure bear spray would work very nicely on humans.

It’s not an ‘odd’ distinction, it’s a legal distinction. Bear or wasp spray is a common product for a legitimate innocuous use. Pepper spray is an offensive weapon and illegal in Canada.

There’s lots of such quirks in Canadian criminal law. It’s mostly based on intent.

Funny, I never would have thought of pepper spray as an offensive weapon. Seems to me that it is for defense only. “Intent” can be a very dangerous notion legally.i only intended to rob him, I did not intend for him to die. Therefore you can’t charge me with murder.
As far as the border goes, like you said, it’s your country, your half of the border. I will always defend a country’s sovereignty to do what ever they wish within their borders as long as it doesn’t affect anyone’s basic human rights. If Canada doesn’t want our tourism dollars, so be it.