Border Crossings
To be perfectly honest (for a change) I had always just assumed border guards were armed.
And I can't remember when there wasn't a line-up at the border to get through customs.
I mean, back when we were an ordinary family smuggling cheap goods across the border from Soo, Michigan to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, we sat up straight and smiled politely at the border guard because we figured, if we didn't, he'd blow our heads off.
Either that, or we'd be pulled over for an inspection. Which, as far as we knew, was the same thing as getting our heads blown off because we had pockets full of cheap candy and motorized toys and were wearing six pairs of brand new underwear - each.
So, let's face it. The only thing that has/will really changed/change at ground level is the possibility of being accidentally shot in the head by a trigger happy border guard because you twitch too much when you lie, "No, officer - we don't have anything to declare".
