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Gun rights advocates are urging the Canadian government to drop charges against a retired U.S. soldier who says he mistakenly brought a gun into the country due to a faulty GPS directions during a weekend getaway.
Louis DiNatale, the former Army soldier, says he forgot the gun was inside his wife's car, so when he was asked by a Canadian border agent when the last time he had a weapon on him, he responded, "Earlier that week," The Los Angeles Times reported.
The border agent searched his wife's car and located a .380 handgun.'It was an honest mistake'- Louis Di Natalie
"It was an honest mistake," DiNatale, told Postmedia News Wednesday from Louisville, Ky., where he works as a paralegal. "There's not even a traffic ticket in my background. Why would I come to Canada to bring a small weapon to smuggle in?"
He was handcuffed, jailed for four days and posted bail. His court date is set for June.
DiNatale says he and his wife were on a road trip in September to Vermont when they took the wrong turn in New York.
Bruce Engel, his Canadian lawyer, says DiNatale, 46, is being used by Canada to make a statement not to mess with the borders, the report said. Nearly 1,400 firearms were reportedly seized at Canadian entry points over the past three years.
Read more: US Army vet faces 3 years in Canadian prison after mistakenly bringing gun to border, says lawyer | Fox News
Gun rights advocates are urging the Canadian government to drop charges against a retired U.S. soldier who says he mistakenly brought a gun into the country due to a faulty GPS directions during a weekend getaway.
Louis DiNatale, the former Army soldier, says he forgot the gun was inside his wife's car, so when he was asked by a Canadian border agent when the last time he had a weapon on him, he responded, "Earlier that week," The Los Angeles Times reported.
"It was an honest mistake," DiNatale, told Postmedia News Wednesday from Louisville, Ky., where he works as a paralegal. "There's not even a traffic ticket in my background. Why would I come to Canada to bring a small weapon to smuggle in?"
He was handcuffed, jailed for four days and posted bail. His court date is set for June.
DiNatale says he and his wife were on a road trip in September to Vermont when they took the wrong turn in New York.
Bruce Engel, his Canadian lawyer, says DiNatale, 46, is being used by Canada to make a statement not to mess with the borders, the report said. Nearly 1,400 firearms were reportedly seized at Canadian entry points over the past three years.
Read more: US Army vet faces 3 years in Canadian prison after mistakenly bringing gun to border, says lawyer | Fox News
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