On October 16, 2018, Marquis Watkins, a “former football phenom”, attempted to smuggle 20 handguns into Canada via the beautiful Rainbow Bridge at Niagara Falls, Ontario. Watkins told border agents he was coming to Canada to take his girlfriend out for dinner. For reasons we’ll probably never know, the fine folks at the Canadian Border Services Agency didn’t buy it. Even … [Read more...]
Fred Rodolf vs The Firearms Act, or “when good people are victimized by bad law”
This is what happens when Bad Laws victimize Good People. Back on May 16, 2011 I wrote about the case of 72-year-old Port Angeles resident Fred Rodolf, who made the mistake of passing through Canadian waters on his way to Alaska. He runs a small charter business there each year. That article was titled "Thank God we’re safe from dangerous 72-year-olds!" and outlined … [Read more...]