one handy gun to go anywhere by car in north america

[old lady new shooter]

there are many sensors starting probably a mile or more from the crossing. Some or many of those are microphones. They can hear what you are saying inside your vehicle.

 

[HighRoadRover]

The issue of going into Canada is important. I would not attempt to take a gun into Canada. If I were going hunting up north, I would ask the lodge or the guide if I could borrow one of their legal hunting rifles. Even knives can be a problem -- as I understand their law, any knife must conform to a valid purpose (e.g., a fillet knife is probably okay if you are going fishing, but a Kabar would probably never be okay). I leave the knives, and even the leatherman tool, at home. I like to read the information on the web each time and follow the rules assiduously. The Canadian border folks are all business and know they are large and in charge.

Inside the U.S., each state has its own laws and they are important to follow, including rules on CCW reciprocity. As a general rule (I am not a lawyer) you are allowed to transport an otherwise legal gun if it is broken down in a lock box with no ammo and in the way back. Overall, I wish we had a common standard but the last thing I want to see is a national police force or more restrictive "gun control" laws. The handgun with the greatest acceptability in the greatest number of venues is probably, you guessed it, a six shot .38 Special revolver with a 4.25 inch barrel.

 

[P89DCSS]

...Now, you need to understand that there are many sensors starting probably a mile or more from the crossing. Some or many of those are microphones. They can hear what you are saying inside your vehicle. You need to keep your mouth shut. No stupid jokes about guns or drugs. NONE. Well, unless you want to spend half a day explaining yourself...

Canada has audio sensors on the American side of the border? Doesn't seem likely.

 

[redneck2]

Canada has audio sensors on the American side of the border? Doesn't seem likely.

Obviously you’ve never been across the border at Mackinac. They’re lined all along the railings

 

[P89DCSS]

Obviously you’ve never been across the border at Mackinac. They’re lined all along the railings

I've crossed the various ports at Detroit, Niagra, Montana and Washington. Any Canadian listening devices within a mile of the border would be on US soil. You're just wrong. US authorities don't allow Canada to install listening device on US soil. With shared databases there's no need.

Prove it or retract your false claims.

 

[Neo-Luddite]

Forget handguns in Canada. Also any AR;s and large magazine type rifles or semi automatic rifles that have a capacity of more than five rounds. M-1 Garand' used to be exempt, but I don't know if they are anymore. My Son and I fished an outpost camp for years and I took along an M-1 and 12 Gauge pump. No problem, but their PM seems to hate all guns so better check first. These guy's were around every day.View attachment 1139161

From what I've read the long-exempt M-1 may be on the chopping block; I used to always figure that in a scenario like the OP described the Garand would be the best US/Canada go anywhere rifle in terms of maximum power and rate of fire while staying legal everywhere. In fact, the M-1 and SMLE were always specifically permitted their 8 & 10 rd capacity in Canadian law in excess of the otherwise standard 5 rd for centerfire rifle. It doesn't seem that this may be true any longer.

 

[guyfromohio]

In Ohio, you can constitutionally carry a loaded handgun, but you still must keep a long gun and its ammo in separate compartments. Not sure if other states are like this, but your loaded lever would be trouble here.

 

[jstert]

In Ohio, you can constitutionally carry a loaded handgun, but you still must keep a long gun and its ammo in separate compartments. Not sure if other states are like this, but your loaded lever would be trouble here.

most states and canada ban loaded long guns inside motor vehicles.

 

[rtroha]

In Ohio, you can constitutionally carry a loaded handgun, but you still must keep a long gun and its ammo in separate compartments. Not sure if other states are like this, but your loaded lever would be trouble here.

Although a person with a CHL has to keep the long gun unloaded the CHL gives the person more latitude about how the ammunition is transported.

L) Divisions (K)(5)(a) and (b) of this section do not affect the authority of a person who has been issued a concealed handgun license that is valid at the time in question to have one or more magazines or speed loaders containing ammunition anywhere in a vehicle, without being transported as described in those divisions, as long as no ammunition is in a firearm, other than a handgun, in the vehicle other than as permitted under any other provision of this chapter. A person who has been issued a concealed handgun license that is valid at the time in question may have one or more magazines or speed loaders containing ammunition anywhere in a vehicle without further restriction, as long as no ammunition is in a firearm, other than a handgun, in the vehicle other than as permitted under any provision of this chapter.

https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2923.16

 

[Armored farmer]

In Ohio, you can constitutionally carry a loaded handgun, but you still must keep a long gun and its ammo in separate compartments. Not sure if other states are like this, but your loaded lever would be trouble here.

most states and canada ban loaded long guns inside motor vehicles.

I need to look it up, but I'm pretty sure it's illegal to transport a long gun with ammo in a butt sleeve or gun mounted ammo sleeve like some of us have on our lever guns and slug guns.

 

[jmorris]

I haven’t had any desire to visit every State but I do keep the telephone number of State police in my phone, for those States I do go to and pass through. I talk to them as part of my trip planning, send letters to the BATFE if I plan on taking firearms they want to keep track of too.

In some places just having ammunition could get you into trouble. Like hollow point ammunition in New Jersey, for example, is a no no.

 

[daniel craig]

My mosin. Never even raises eyebrows.

 

[BlueHeelerFl]

most states and canada ban loaded long guns inside motor vehicles.

It's for this reason a magazine feed pump action shotgun would make a decent traveling gun. It would greatly simplify the loading unloading process when oui stop for the night.

 

[Space Ghost]

I'd go with a cowboy gun in .44 magnum.



One that breaks down for easy travel...

 

[ms6852]

my choice would be a henry lever-action carbine in 22wmr

I was thinking of this before I got to the last sentence of your paragraph. The 22 magnum is no joke. or a 30-30.

 

[ms6852]

Mexico will throw you butt in jail just for finding a round or empty cartridge in your vehicle.

 

[herrwalther]

A lever action 410 would be pretty safe pretty much anywhere in the USA. Especially in states that restrict ammo sales for "handguns" or in any popular handgun cartridge.

https://www.henryusa.com/shotgun/lever-action-410-shotgun-side-gate/