OTTAWA: A rash of gun-toting Americans visiting Canada prompted its border agency to launch a public awareness campaign reminding tourists about their northern neighbors’ relatively strict firearms laws. “Canadian laws are different than US ones,” the Canada Border Services Agency said in a statement. The two tourists were also fined more than Can$1,000 ($775 US) and kicked out of Canada, along with their wives. In the first six months of this year, 413 guns were seized at the border — both from smugglers and gun lovers. The figure is up from 386 guns seized during the same period in 2015, according to government figures.

Source: Manila Times August 23, 2016 03:56 UTC