A 26-year-old man from Alpine, Utah was arrested at the Canada-U.S.
border and faces up to 6 months in prison for initially forgetting to
declare he was in possession of a handgun during a routine border
screening, The Salt Lake City Tribune reports. To be clear, he isn’t accused of possessing a handgun illegally.
Kraig Jacobson was arrested on July 16 and as of Tuesday, he remains stuck in Canada, awaiting a jury trial in 2013.
Jacobson and his brother Kevin set off on a six-week motorcycle trek across the country to raise money
for the American Cancer Society when they crossed a bridge and entered
Canada. The brothers ended up camping in the wilderness many nights —
Jacobson said he brought his handgun for protection from bears and other
animals.
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so he brought his handgun for protection,then forgot he had it?glad he got caught
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ReplyDeleteafter permanently seizing those guns, the police are now free to sell these guns and whatever else they wish to do with them.
ReplyDeleteGood thing for them that he chose not to engage the police in a firefight.
Sorry, but if he is very used to carrying, and is unfamiliar with border crossings and the "declare" definition, it's an honest mistake, which after maybe reading the sign, tried to correct. He did nothing wrong, dangerous, threatening, or anything like it. He was just out to raise money for the Cancer Society. Maybe if it was for the Canadian Cancer Society they would have overlooked the mistake.
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