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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nAndy sends us a link from Yahoo News<\/a> about US Army veteran Louis DiNatale who was driving around the Great Northeast with his wife when he followed his GPS’ directions which took him to the Canadian border at the Thousand Islands Bridge border crossing, but he didn’t want to cross into Canada. He asked the border official if he could turn around and he was told ‘no’.<\/p>\n A border patrol agent then asked if he owned a gun.<\/p>\n “I told him I was retired military, I had respect for weapons, and I had a concealed carry license to do so,” DiNatale explained in a statement. “He asked me when was the last time I had a weapon on me. I told him, ‘Earlier that week.’ He asked me again, ‘Why?’ I told him it was my right as an American citizen to do so.”<\/p>\n According to DiNatale, he had forgotten about the Bersa .380 handgun he had stowed in the center console.<\/p>\n Agents searched the car, found the gun, and arrested DiNatale for attempted gun smuggling and lying to border patrol agents. He was released four days later, and a court date was set for June. If convicted, DiNatale, a retired Army sergeant major, faces three years in a Canadian prison.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Now, I lived a few miles from the border crossing, and I find it hard to believe that Mr. DiNatale was surprised that he was nearing the border. It’s pretty well marked with signs, and oh, a big f’n bridge with big f’n Canadian flags on it. And, since the gun was not locked in a box out of reach of the driver and passenger, he was also breaking New York State’s laws. DiNatale is a resident of Kentucky and the only way you can transport an unloaded weapon through New York State without a license from that state is with the ammunition and weapon separated and locked away. <\/p>\n![\"1000](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1000-Island-bridge2-300x198.jpg\")
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