Don't want a wait at the border? Bring a gun

Time to call in the army.

Sixty Canadian Border Service guards fled their posts south of Vancouver today because a suspected killer was on his way into the country (See the details here).

There is irony in this, of course. But nobody's laughing, since we now have a potentially armed and dangerous criminal on the loose somewhere in or around the Lower Mainland.

The worst part of it: this isn't the first time this has happened. I can recall at least three separate occasions like this.

Even after high-profile incidents like this, Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin refused to arm the border guards out of an irrational fear of being mistaken for a gun-toting Texan. Our Conservative government finally acted, giving our guards guns - well, sort of. The plan is supposed to take 10 years to implement.

Guns at the border isn't "Texas-style" anything. Most countries around the world control their borders with armed border agents. It's common sense. You need more than harsh language and pepper spray to keep some bad apples out.

Ten years? We should be able to do this in less than 10 months.

Tags: US border, hunker down, armed guards, Texas style, armed and dangerous