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Merika · 09-10-2006, 06:29 PM

TORONTO, Canada (AP) -- Canada will arm its border guards starting in 2007, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday.

Canada has unarmed guards along its 4,000-mile (6,435-kilometer) border with the United States, but Canada's will now be armed, as their U.S. counterparts are.

The government plans to arm and train its 4,500 border agents over the next 10 years. Harper said some will be armed starting in September 2007 and about 150 will receive guns by the end of March 2008.

The Canadian side of the U.S.-Canada border is monitored by the Canada Border Services Agency. They have been demanding guns to help them deal with cross-border criminal activity.

Officers abandoned their posts in British Columbia earlier this year when they were told that two murder suspects from California were headed their way, in an embarrassment to the former Liberal government. The men were apprehended by armed U.S. law enforcement officers.

Canada's Conservative party defeated the Liberals in elections last January and promised that they expected to arm border guards soon.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americ...cnn_topstories
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First of all I had no idea they weren't armed. How can you possibly patrol a border without a farkin GUN? Second of all, why is it taking them until 2008 to correct this retardedness. It doesn't take that long to teach someone how to use a gun. If I were these guys, I would've quit this job a long time ago.

09-10-2006, 06:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
Merika Retired Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 13,268	Canada to arm border guards along U.S. TORONTO, Canada (AP) -- Canada will arm its border guards starting in 2007, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday. Canada has unarmed guards along its 4,000-mile (6,435-kilometer) border with the United States, but Canada's will now be armed, as their U.S. counterparts are. The government plans to arm and train its 4,500 border agents over the next 10 years. Harper said some will be armed starting in September 2007 and about 150 will receive guns by the end of March 2008. The Canadian side of the U.S.-Canada border is monitored by the Canada Border Services Agency. They have been demanding guns to help them deal with cross-border criminal activity. Officers abandoned their posts in British Columbia earlier this year when they were told that two murder suspects from California were headed their way, in an embarrassment to the former Liberal government. The men were apprehended by armed U.S. law enforcement officers. Canada's Conservative party defeated the Liberals in elections last January and promised that they expected to arm border guards soon. http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americ...cnn_topstories ------------------- First of all I had no idea they weren't armed. How can you possibly patrol a border without a farkin GUN? Second of all, why is it taking them until 2008 to correct this retardedness. It doesn't take that long to teach someone how to use a gun. If I were these guys, I would've quit this job a long time ago.