A couple of years ago we held the Grey Cup here, which we also won. A visitor from the US, an ex-LEO was walking through Victoria Park and was approached by a couple of drunk fans celebrating the win. All they wanted was to make sure he knew we won and asked if he saw the game.

The man wrote a letter to the local newspaper complaining that without his gun he felt insecure and complained he should have been able to carry it while up here in Canada.

My first thought was, “WTF - you chickenshit.”

That was my first realization that American attitudes toward guns is significantly different than Canadian. I live in a province where the majority of people are rural and have in the past or do now own a rifle so gun ownership isn’t unusual. The feeling of insecurity because of a lack of a gun is unusual.