"Well, umm, He Had Valid ID"
AP is reporting “Man With Chain Saw, Sword Is Let Into U.S.:” [link to http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/chain_saw_border;_ylt=AqDOzLUxwS26sIdE6WDKw_ADW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl no longer works]
On April 25, Gregory Despres arrived at the U.S.-Canadian border crossing at Calais, Maine, carrying a homemade sword, a hatchet, a knife, brass knuckles and a chain saw stained with what appeared to be blood. U.S. customs agents confiscated the weapons and fingerprinted Despres. Then they let him into the United States.
(Thanks to Nick Owen for the pointer. [Update: And no thanks to Diana Kelley or Ed Moyle for not telling me they’re blogging again. Hi Ed! Hi Diana!]
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I spotted this at Emergent Chaos, from Ya! Hooo! News! ‘BOSTON – On April 25, Gregory Despres arrived at the…