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In reply to the discussion: Marine admits being in Mexico before arrest [View all]rocktivity
(44,594 posts)31. If they'd ended up in Buffalo or Detroit, their story of accidentally crossing the border
Last edited Fri Jun 17, 2016, 06:20 PM - Edit history (9)
would be at least intelligible. But the Thousand Islands crossing is three hours from any Vermont border.
The National Post: DiNatale said he normally carries his Bersa .380 handgun for self-defence. But a few days before the road trip, he moved the gun from his car to his wifes BMW because he was on his way to an appointment at the Fort Knox military post and didnt want it to cause any issues.
On the day of their vacation, DiNatales wife came to pick him up from work in the BMW and he forgot the gun was in the console...
On the day of their vacation, DiNatales wife came to pick him up from work in the BMW and he forgot the gun was in the console...
Props for his being smart enough to anticipate that he'd be better off not bringing a non-issued gun onto a military base. But he had no idea where his gun was for a couple of DAYS? And there wasn't any place else he could put it OTHER than his wife's car?
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Welp...that doesn't square with "accidentally" finding himself going across
TwilightGardener
Jun 2014
#3
Actually, I'm not all that critical. He obviously did something dumb, and
TwilightGardener
Jun 2014
#8
One is a CURRENT conservative cause célèbre, the other is a FORMER conservative cause célèbre
alcibiades_mystery
Jun 2014
#33
You're not going to bring a whole truckload of guns across your first time out
jmowreader
Jun 2014
#9
If they'd ended up in Buffalo or Detroit, their story of accidentally crossing the border
rocktivity
Jun 2014
#31
At any rate, I certainly would have searched their car after hearing their story
rocktivity
Jun 2014
#38