US Tariffs, Sigh!

[dypinc]

handuns crossing the border into canada has been an issue since before I was born, it's not a democrat / republican issue. Almost every shooting that takes place here seems to be with a handgun that came over the border.

I wonder how many people get killed in car accidents from cars that came across the border?

 

[BigNate]

The crossings we're talking about don't take place at the regular places like between Detroit and Windsor. They're making those more onerous but it's not where the illegal crossings happen. Apparently it's up in the northwoods of Maine and Vermont or something.

Illegal crossings happen at the controlled border as well - used to be the main way to come in as it was easier than trying to hike through the boonies.... for the vast majority of our 224 year history, the USA borders have been much more open than they have been for the past few decades.... the majority of our presidents presided over very open borders compared to today.

 

[CanuckSigns]

I wonder how many people get killed in car accidents from cars that came across the border?

that is quite the strawman argument.

 

[Johnny Best]

What bothers me is the French Canadians with their bigcars or trucks towing their mobile homes. Then when they stop at a rest area they get out with their overweight wives and clog up the food lines talking with their other buddies and fat wives from Canada. If it is so great in Canada, stay there and do not bother me.

 

[Geneva Olson]

Are you sure?...........under Carter, Reagan, and Clinton I could cross Northern or Southern borders using only a state id or driver license... I even came back into USA using a HS school id when I was 15 (and driving a rental car that was rented to someone I was not related to nor were they in the car!)

I haven't heard anyone having it this easy in many years.

Yes, I'm sure. The southern border was open like a seive. I don't know much about the Canadian border. I'm closer to the southern border. I also know that there's never really been much of a problem with our border with Canadians because it's not a trade route. I did see on the news that Trudeau is fortifying the border. So that's why I asked. But looking at the handgun homicides, it looks like the northern border was never a problem.

I'm not sure what having a state id or drivers license has to do with your comment. Its the same for every american. The problem isn't at the ports of entry....