Anyone near Niagara Falls border crossing?

[Doug M.]

That store would have had to put it on the books and could not give it back to you as you are not a resident of NY.

 

[poordevil]

NOT recomending this, but...About 10 years ago, myself and a couple friends were heading to Canada via the 1000 island crossing to spend a week fishing. Prior to crossing the bridge, I casually mentioned to my friend "You did leave your pistol home, right?"

Ooops. His Glock 17 was still stashed between the seats up front in the truck. We did end up driving down a country road on the NY side, marking a tree with our GPS and a roofing nail, and burying his gun in a zip-lock plastic bag. Picked it up on the return trip none the worse for the experience.

Larry

I did the exact same thing when I was heading into Mexico for a few hours. Had a .22 pistol and remembered it just in time. I buried it in a large trash pile.

 

[jkc]

I faced a similar conundrum with an upcoming trip which involved entering Canada from Montana, then returning via the same route. My initial "bright idea" was to simply rent a safe deposit box at a local branch of my bank, and retrieve it on the return trip --- cost, about $30 for a one year rental on a box of sufficient size to hold a dismantled compact .45. However, further due diligence revealed that, oddly, Montana law makes you a felon for entering a bank with a firearm, apparently, irrespective of its condition, so that idea wasn't as bright as it seemed at first blush. So, using Google Earth and its wonderful street view feature, I found an ideal location to stash a pistol (disassembled and unloaded, of course, in several separate locations, so someone blundering on to it would not instantaneously acquire a functional weapon), out of view of freeway traffic, houses, farms, businesses, etc., yet conveniently accessible, between two exits between Butte and Helena Montana, on the I-15 frontage road. I think I'll just pull off the frontage road, make a show of fishing a roll of TP from behind the truck seat, stroll into the wooded area, and return looking more relaxed --- thus, allowing any observers to reach the obvious conclusion, and discourage close investigation...