I don't think I can be any plainer with the subject line.
Upon my return from Yorkshire, Saturday last, I faced a new hurdle at CBP (Customs, Border Patrol) in Chicago O'Hare airport.
After a 20+hr set of flights, at 3:00AM GST, I was asked by CBP to prove the shotguns I was returning with were mine.
It was 10PM on a Saturday, CST.
I pulled out my visitors permit from the UK, and was told that wasn't good enough.
They needed a document showing the serial numbers that I exported, to be matched with the shotguns I was importing.
Furthermore, that it needed to be stamped by CBP on the outbound, and presented by me to CBP on the inbound.
Anyone here ever heard such nonsense before?
That's a completely new regulatory overstep as near as I can tell.
By pure chance, I had the purchase receipt still in the case.
Still, that was a new one to me.
