If you were a border gaurd and this dude came up to you...

Canuck · Post by **Canuck** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:48 am

Carrying a bloody chainsaw, swords, and brass knuckles, would you let him in?

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/ ... 50608.html

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:05 am

good lord.

That guys looks like a manquin or that burger king guy. yeesh.. that gives me the heebeejeebees. o_0

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:50 am

Somebody forgot their brain that day.

Plebeian · Post by **Plebeian** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:54 am

Oh, but it's okay, they confiscated his weapons at the border. "Hmm, this dude's coming in pretty well-armed. Well, we'll just confiscate his weapons and send him on his way in!"

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:28 am

What legal reason did they have for detaining him?

Hattrick · Post by **Hattrick** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:41 am

Dedman wrote:What legal reason did they have for detaining him?

ummm, you don't think carrying a bloody chainsaw is enough to at least detain him ?

Couver_ · Post by **Couver_** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:42 am

Hmmm the start of the plot to begin the build up then invasion of Canada??

Plebeian · Post by **Plebeian** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:59 am

Dedman wrote:What legal reason did they have for detaining him?

I don't think they'd necessarily need to detain him (though you'd think a quick check for anything outstanding on this heavily-armed guy trying to cross the border might be prudent), but perhaps telling him to try again without the chainsaw and sword and such might have been a minimum.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:23 am

Hattrick wrote:
Dedman wrote:What legal reason did they have for detaining him?
ummm, you don't think carrying a bloody chainsaw is enough to at least detain him ?

Did you read the entire article? While carrying a chainsaw that was driping with blood would raise some questions, the article implied that the blood was not dripping, but rather dried. They didn't know at first if it was paint or rust or blood.

At the time the incident happened, all the border gaurds knew for sure is that a US citizen was approaching the border with weapons in his hands. Since carrying a chainsaw and knives in public is not illegal, they took the weapons from him and sent him on his way.

They had no leagal reason to detain him, because at that point, from their perspective, he had not broken any law.

Canuck · Post by **Canuck** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:51 am

What's Homeland Security up to?

"Calling home all dual citizenship, bloody chainsaw wielding, sword making, Methed-out-Zombies...",

/me checks back...

Update, our local cable channel is tied to the Network out there that carried Local coverage and I saw a news report with a witness who was there waiting in the line state, "The Border Guards took the swords out and started swinging them around a bit, and were wielding and starting the chainsaw."

Edit: These Guards need this stuff http://people.howstuffworks.com/luminol.htm

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:42 am

Canuck wrote:Edit: These Guards need this stuff http://people.howstuffworks.com/luminol.htm

Doesn't help.

Typically, luminol only shows investigators that there might be blood in an area, since other substances, including household bleach, can also cause the luminol to glow. Experienced investigators can make a reliable identification based on how quickly the reaction occurs, but they still need to run other tests to verify that it is really human blood.