I would not feel the need to carry a handgun at least in the places I've been to in Canada. Nor would I ever try to drive across your border with one.
I DON'T feel the same way about Mexico due to the severe crime/gang problem and that's why I no longer travel there.
I was visiting Brazil a few years ago and managed to hook up with a fellow collector who I'd only corresponded with via the Internet. He took me around to several sites in Rio. He had a H&K MP5 submachine gun between his two front seats. It wasn't legal to do this but he told me he had driven through to gang fights with bullets whizzing by and he was taking any chances.
Jim
