If you are released from prison, it is required that you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so you can ride out of town.

Comment from Zare
Time April 15, 2010 at 7:08 am

It must be some useless lazy, dumb ass American who’s writing this stuff… It’s guaranteed one of those 20 out of 21 Americans who don’t know where Canada is or think that Europe is a country who wrote this stuff… GET A MAP !

Comment from New Zealander
Time May 6, 2010 at 9:49 am

Wow. Zare’s comment just goes to show that non-Americans can be as ignorant and bigoted towards Americans as Americans can be about the rest of the world.

Comment from bob
Time May 18, 2010 at 7:37 pm

hey i resent that statement us americans love french fries there from france, we also like ice hockey go canada :}, we americans eat tons of pizza which is from italy believe it or not, sure we dont like russians but thats another story, Mexico and china have some amazing food, and its called a map so we do know were u guys live and who cares about canada anyway. So from america fuck off

Comment from Sophie
Time May 27, 2010 at 1:40 am

Hey, lots of these laws are from way back when, and are long gone. Perhaps someone read this in a history book. Why does it have to be a stupid American? We all get free education as opposed to some other countries. Thumbs up to New Zealander.

Comment from american
Time June 26, 2010 at 2:14 am

hey zare, you obviously know nothing about america. idiot.

Comment from Kitsu-chan
Time July 15, 2010 at 10:40 pm

Oi, Zare! Not all Americans are lazy, useless, dumbasses. Automatically assuming they are only makes people think that YOU are a lazy, useless dumb-ass.

And what does thinking that someone in Europe wrote up these laws have to do with getting a map? Canada and Europe are an ocean apart.

Next time you want to write a racist comment(because yes, assuming that all Americans are lazy, useless, dumb asses IS racist), make sure there aren’t people of that race or culture on at sight. K? It’ll save you a shit load of flames.

Comment from james
Time August 3, 2010 at 7:20 am

why isnt anyone talking shit on canada?
canada’s the most worthless country on this planet and thats what this laws about in the first place

Comment from Rielly
Time August 29, 2010 at 10:23 pm

Hey, James, question for you. Are you an American?
Probalbly can’t even find Canada on a map, and you’d also do good to remember that it was US the Canadians who kept you the dumb ignorant Yanks from completely losing in WW1, WW2, Korea, and the Gulf, and also we are the ones wasting our lives in Iraq, just to clean up the mess you fucking pigs have made…

Comment from Sarah (america)
Time September 8, 2010 at 1:27 am

STOP BEING RACIST YOU ASSHOLES, i dont CARE what race you are!!! if your nice, your nice, if your a lazy asshole, your a lazy asshole, I DONT CARE so STOP DISSING God damn it!!!

Comment from Lee-Ann
Time September 17, 2010 at 4:37 pm

Sadly this law is still active in Alberta.
Also, what I find sad is that in a time when so many countries are at odds with each other, Canadians and Americans are seemingly at odds with each other as well.
As for Canada being completely worthless, I think James may want to check up on history, since Canada is the ONLY country to successfully beat the Americans on their OWN soil. As well as burn their original capital to the ground.

Comment from Bob
Time September 17, 2010 at 4:57 pm

Wow, so much ignorance on both sides of the border.

Lee-Ann, that’d be the British using only British units. If a few stray Canadians were in their ranks, I hardly think that makes for a Canadian effort any more than the no doubt dozen other countries represented in the British regiments that burned and looted DC, nor do I think Canadians would really want to take credit for such a pathetic act. Of course, it was in response to an equally despicable sacking of York by the U.S. earlier.

Comment from person mc person
Time September 17, 2010 at 11:36 pm

well, as an american, i can perrsonally say that yes, most of us are lazy, dumbasses, mostly for letting ppl like Zare into our country… anyway, i personally think that every country has its own flaws as well as its own strenghts. but we dont need to compare eachother because you arent goin to convince anyone of your exact idea. its your intake on a country, not someone elses. so stop fighting cause honestly, its pointless. what have you EVER gotten from fighting other then someone being pissed at you or another enemy? argueing is only an angry way of expressing your views. and views cannot be forced onto another. in fact, arguing only makes someone pissed and make them start another fight later on because of you. it only makes a tree effect. you start, then u get two ppl mad. they each get two ppl mad and now you have four. and so on. thank you if youve read this far for looking at my view on life.

Comment from person mc person
Time September 19, 2010 at 2:47 am

aht leesetah mai lawng powst stauped da feitin yo… lol (at least my long post stopped da fighting)

Comment from Adam
Time October 22, 2010 at 11:04 pm

Oh goodie I get to comment. These are my credentials I was born in Canada and lived there for 18 years. Now I am in the US and serve in the USAF (that can be explained by a temporary laps in judgement on my part) but anyway, it is true that alot (not all) of the general American population are ignorant. It is, however, not entirely your fault, I will only be forced to call you a fucktard if you fail to admit it. On the other hand Canada has its share of fucktards as well, of course not as many because we have 300 million less people so there are bound to be less assholes. Both Countries have about an equal ratio of population to fucking horrible drivers. GET OFF THE FUCKING ROAD!!! And both countries hate each other basically equally as much. “waa waa socialism is taking over, blame Canada” “America fucks over ever country it has set foot on with its foreign policies”. Though, I think we can all agree that we hate the french (if anyone reading this is from Quebec….I’m really not sorry….seriously your getting offended? not even the french from France can stand you pfft). in conclusion….ok I don’t have a conclusion by all means keep arguing but it is a fact based on my own experience in both countries that the average Canadian will know alot more about America then the average American with know about Canada. I don’t know shit all about any other country though.

Comment from brandoniniraq
Time October 25, 2010 at 7:14 pm

they gave you transportation and a way to defend yourself. that more than you’ll get most places these days.

not a whole lot of on topic conversation here. why so angry?

Comment from cyrus
Time November 8, 2010 at 5:28 pm

oh wow i love that Canada is helping us in the war on terrisom (: thanks guys good fucking job. grow a pair and quit bitching that we took all your hockey players and your national sport and made it a phenomenon in america

Comment from Zare
Time November 23, 2010 at 7:45 am

What the Fuck Adam your on my side so get on my side you troll.

Comment from CHRISTIAN :)
Time January 14, 2011 at 11:30 pm

Hi, I’m from Canada
And I am here to tell you ALL, Canadians and Americans that yes, we do have SEVERE issues with each other. Americans, we have FREE HEALTH CARE. SUCK MY POPSICLE
Canadians, they have Obama while we have Harper, who’s shit, nuff said.
SO QUIT YOUR FIGHTING. WE’RE NEIGHBORS. Yes it is a stupid law but really, guns are illegal here in Canada (unless your a hunter or farmer.) And NOBODY has a horse in Canada. Fact. I’m from Mississauga, one city over from Toronto, and it’s suburban. I haven’t seen a horse in over 4 years. Only farmers have them. We have the car.
We can all agree that America has fucked things over (Afghanistan, Gulf, Don’t even menshion Hiroshima.) And so have Canadians.

SO STOP FIGHTING.

Comment from Justin
Time February 16, 2011 at 7:52 pm

Christian- Hiroshima saved atleast thousands of american lives dumbass. That makes it not just a good thing, but a GREAT thing. And screw Afghanistan and all the middle east, Islam is ruinning the world (check most skirmishes in the world are due to muslims). And you dont have free healthcare.

I have friends in Canada and it seems to be like a nice place. Everyone should have a gun (it would make the world a much safer place). And Obama’s an idiot. He’s continnually spending money that we dont have and raising our debt.

Comment from ben
Time February 27, 2011 at 9:18 am

get a grip “cyrus”

did you mean terrorism or did you mean the war for oil, water and food? omg.

sorry if i am out of the game.

all of you….. imagine … there was an Angel coming to earth… well – what would s(h)ee see??

and you all expect to be helped???

hmmmm….

Comment from ben
Time February 27, 2011 at 9:20 am

@christian

i could tell you some ppl who have horses, sorry )

Comment from mike
Time April 1, 2011 at 8:05 am

only a dumb canadian would write this and the prisoner riding a horse and getting a pistol is probably smarter than anyone else in canada because hes leaving canada is so worthless the only good thing that came from canda is canadian bacon an thats not even as good as regular bacon an y do u guys al ways say eh what the fuck is that and what good has ever ever come from canada nothing

Comment from SammieK
Time April 5, 2011 at 4:51 pm

Oh my gosh, it’s just a stupid law! This website is full of them, if you didn’t want to see it, stop reading it! If it ever was a lw, it was most likely repelled ages ago. Stop getting your knickers in a twist.

And now we that we’ve established that Some Canadians hate Americans and vice versa, can we move on?

Comment from Paul
Time April 10, 2011 at 7:30 pm

one of the good things about this law is that if you give them the hand gun and they don’t have they’re restricted licence u can arrest them again for being illegly in possession of a restricted firearm. its actually a brillient way to keep criminals off the streets.

Comment from Hawke
Time April 13, 2011 at 11:37 pm

Americans/Canadians are not a race, they are a nationality. Therefore no one here is being racist, just ignorant.

Comment from Steph
Time April 22, 2011 at 12:45 pm

Thinks the world will be a better place when everyone comes to see there is only one race, the human race.

Comment from Ringo
Time April 22, 2011 at 12:50 pm

Well said Steph – the idea that we are different races because of skin color is about as intelligent as the idea that eye color or hair color constitutes a unique race!

Comment from Paul
Time April 26, 2011 at 5:29 am

I don’t get why people are hating on each other just cause they are from different countries. true this is a stupid law as are many other laws in both America and Canada and everywhere else. Also true that there are many stupid people everywhere in the world no matter where you go. by saying that everyone in a country is stupid because of a select few is just showing how stupid you are. this law was made a long time ago and for all any of us know it is possible that there was a good reason for this law. Unlikely but possible. People need to stop judging people on things as trivial as thier country, there should be a law that says you must meet everyone in a foriegn country and form an unbiased educated opinion of the people that make up a country before you can insult them.

Comment from Shawn
Time May 6, 2011 at 6:42 am

Justin…that is probably the most arrogant thing I ever seen…”Islam is ruinning the world (check most skirmishes in the world are due to muslims)”…seriously, your going to blame a religion for the acts of terrorism? Pathetic…if you want to get into the details, Christianity has killed more people than any other religion in the world. There is no need to slander anyone based on race, color, or creed…it is there actions that determine who someone is.

Comment from Marlboro
Time June 8, 2011 at 7:06 pm

okay,,

go holland go ;p!

Comment from Heather
Time June 23, 2011 at 5:25 am

It’s an old law and it’s not a Canadian law. It’s a provincial law and it was made in Alberta. At that time most of Alberta was just cowboys and indians. Since I have spent a night in a cell here I can tell you no one gave me a gun or a horse in the morning. Actually if I got caught carrying a gun or rode a horse through the city I would probably get to spend another night. Hope this helps straighten some of the arguing out on here. I live here I know. It never applied to the rest of Canada.

Comment from Salesman
Time June 28, 2011 at 5:11 pm

I’m a telemarketer (I know you all hate me) and I sell vacations. We call both Canada and the US, and let me say I LOVE Canadian leads. They’re so easy to manipulate and are very susceptible to suggestive speech. Every time I get a Canadian I get excited because I know theyre going to want to buy a “holiday” They also laugh at the dumbest jokes like “dont forget to bring your sunscreen!” which isnt even a joke. I dont understand why they always laugh.

Anyways, I love you canada, you’ve made me a lot of money

Comment from Cody
Time June 29, 2011 at 7:04 pm

considering the large majority of 7th graders cant even pick out their own state on a map, theres definately reason ppl say things about dumb americans, obviosuly not all of them are. But the amount that are completely ignorant about the world really is surprisingly high

Comment from @Cody
Time July 2, 2011 at 3:58 am

*Considering
*Can’t
*There’s
*Definitely
*People
*Obviously
*World, really
*High.

Dumb Americans? Where do you come from if I may be so bold to ask.

Comment from Elliott
Time July 10, 2011 at 12:50 am

Just think. This thread of comments are illegal in over 200 countries punishable by death. Look it up. Only in America, Canada, Europe and a few other countries have the freedom to express their opinion. It’s America’s 1st Amendment Right. “Freedom Of Speech” Keep it up. It may spread to the rest of the oppressive world.

Comment from @Mike
Time July 25, 2011 at 4:23 pm

Wow. Where to start? “only a dumb canadian would write this” and that’s not discrimination AT ALL. Plus, a so called “dumb Canadian”(capitalize, please) would know that this law definitely does not apply now. “the prisoner riding a horse and getting a pistol is probably smarter than anyone else in canada because hes leaving” Interesting. Where do you live? “canada is so worthless the only good thing that came from canda is canadian bacon an thats not even as good as regular bacon” You’re forgetting the telephone (Alexander Graham Bell was a Canadian, in fact a major phone company in Canada is named after him), not to mention insulin, which is responsible for many saved lives of diabetics. Oh, and basketball was created in a gym class in Canada using a peach basket, hence the name, do I really need to continue? “y do u guys al ways say eh what the fuck is that” First, where did you learn to spell? Second, we don’t. And when we DO say it, it’s like “huh”. “and what good has ever ever come from canada nothing” I repeat: telephone, insulin, etc. Next time you want to piss off the second largest (geographically speaking) country in the world, do some research.

Comment from Anon
Time July 26, 2011 at 8:33 pm

Seriously? Why are you all hating on each others countries? half of the comments i read are about you guys talking about how some other country than your own is worthless. EVERY PLACE HAS PROBLEMS, and you are just making it worse. KEEP YOUR INSIGNIFICANT OPINIONS TO YOURSELF.

Comment from Matt
Time July 27, 2011 at 12:44 am

Hey people! Remember americas number 1in the world
#1 in the world for total crimes
#1 In the world for rape
#1 in the world for co2 emissions
#1 in the world for divorce rate
#1 in the world for teen birth rate
#1 in the world for heart attack ( aka obesity)
#1 in the world for McDonalds restaurants
#1 in the world for plastic surgery
#1 in the world for prisoners
Wow you really have a lot to be proud of
Sincerely, you just got owned by a Canadian 13 year old

Comment from Cloe (Canadian)
Time July 27, 2011 at 12:45 am

listen all of you americans who read this. You know NOTHING about Canada if you’re just gonna bitch at us Canadians, and just make fun of us! and all the Canadians who wanna bitch about America. Grow a pair and suck it up! not all of us want to hear these nasty comments! so if you all would stop going against eachother, that would be highly appreciated! Kids (like me) go on this site! And BTW. I’m 12 and I am abviously way smarter than you bitchy, lifeless, country haters that won’t shut up!

Comment from Proud American
Time July 30, 2011 at 10:39 pm

Really people? I was having some good laughs reading the stupid laws from around the world (I think that is the purpose of this site ) and then I came to this page and saw the ignorant post from Zare (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hatemonger). I don’t care if your American or Canadian, I am dissapointed with all of you as a fellow human being.

Comment from JAY
Time August 1, 2011 at 6:02 pm

OMG I LOVE THAT LAW I SHALL AND WILL OBEY AND SHOULD YOU PEOPLE OBEY THE LAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment from gollem22
Time September 3, 2011 at 2:13 pm

Well I belive Canada and the United States are at war. First US created Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus, then after years of silence Canada retaliated with Justin Bieber. Currently winning the war is America with their latest in musical warfare Rebecca Black.

Comment from Laura
Time September 3, 2011 at 5:46 pm

Hey, I’m from Canada and just so everyone is clear, this law is no longer in effect. It is a very old Albertan law, and this doesn’t happen nowadays.

Comment from paul
Time September 6, 2011 at 2:08 am

gollem22 plz dont bring up that bieber fag in the defense of canada. of all the many things that canadians have to be proud of you mention that worthless piece of shit. Quite frankly as a proud canadian im insulted.

Comment from Kyle
Time September 8, 2011 at 4:43 pm

Seriously. There’s a fucking lot of stupid people on this thread. First of all, MOST Americans are arrogant, stupid, fat fucks. MOST. I didn’t say all. Most of them think that Americans the greatest country in the world. Trust me. Its far from it. As for Canadians I’ve never thought of them as being stupid or anything, but to be honest a lot of them who post on here are. Kinda letting the side down. Im from England, Im aware im gonna get some people dissing England now but seriously, everyone always thinks every person in England is posh. Come to England. Be educated. Were far from posh, the only posh people left in England are in London. Maybe a few further down south. So do yourselves a favour. Stop being dumb cunts and read about places before talking a load of shit about them.

Comment from ThatChick
Time September 11, 2011 at 8:16 am

@Bob – French Fries actually come from Belgium . . . They’re called Pomme Frites or something like that. Please look that up.

@Kyle – how many times have you been to the US? I’m just curious.

To every US Native on here getting their dander up – STFU and GTFO. Most of you are just trolls who wouldn’t understand what a mess your own country is in if it smacked you in the face.

To the Canadians that are getting bent out of shape – you all can STFU too. Nobody is perfect, so calm the hell down.

Dear gods, just chill and watch some good movies together or something.

Comment from A person
Time September 15, 2011 at 2:31 pm

But you guuuuuuys~ Canada and the United States are like, brothers or something. Hell, in at least one of the many series that depict countries as people, they ARE brothers!
And also, England is kind of like their overbearing mother who decided to stop being overbearing after the first child ran away from home.

Comment from HAckkz
Time October 24, 2011 at 12:14 pm

USA is way better than canada but ill admit we have our flaws to

Comment from Neckon
Time October 26, 2011 at 1:17 am

Heh, this law was obviously formed in the ooold spaghetti west! I think this law isn’t stupid but actually TOTALLY AWESOME.

Comment from Alice
Time November 3, 2011 at 8:54 am

What the hell people? Everyone who has posted on here (with the exception of a few) is ignorant. Half of you probably don’t even know what the fuck you’re saying. You’re just spilling out a bunch of bullshit. There are ignorant people all over the world, not just the US, or just Canada. Although, I am an American, and I’ll be the first to say that there are a lot of ignorant dumbasses in America. Seriously, if you’re an American, ask some people around you. I bet some of them can’t remember the last book they read, if they’ve even read one. I know loads of people who have graduated high school and have never read a book! I’m not saying all Americans are stupid (or I’d be calling myself stupid), but a lot are. And Canada has its fair share of ignorance also. And so does every other country in the world! So quit trying to act like your country (be it the US or Canada) is the best country in the world. Besides, this site is so people can have a good laugh. Not for ‘mine is better than yours’ bullshit arguments.

Comment from alex
Time November 3, 2011 at 7:27 pm

who would write this crap, then expect people to belive it

Comment from Emily
Time November 13, 2011 at 5:11 pm

uhm, it’s actually a law ( i live in canada) we learned this in civics. it’s a really out of date law, but at the same time it hasn’t been abolished. so all i know, is that because this law is still in effect, if i ever go to jail, i’m requesting this ! LOL

Comment from Push
Time November 23, 2011 at 7:34 am

Lol at everyone getting all pissed at an old, silly law.

Comment from Bail
Time December 2, 2011 at 12:47 am

Stop sinking the world U.S.A. … Keep fucking the economy, starting wars and not finishing them, thinking if you toss a bomb it’s a great thing so long as a bunch of meat sacks in the states can live in an obese fashion till a ripe age of 60… You fail at life and you’re failing at world monopoly too. Go bankrupt and let Mexico have their land back so the world can be a better place again.

Comment from Ronnee
Time December 27, 2011 at 2:50 pm

DOES ANYBODY UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF WE’RE ALL HUMAN?!?!?!?! Good fricking monkeys!!!!! We’re all entitled to being dumb at least a million times!!! So, american who’se yelled at Canada for being stupid, shut up nobody likes you. And every Canadian whose yelled at an American for being stupid, go and die in a hole nobody will notice!!! I can’t stand people who think theyre better than everybody!!! What do you wanna bet that every mean post here is posted out of prejudice?!?!?! We’ve all been raised to be kind and forgiving!!! Why can’t we make it work???? Hmm!?!?!? You had better answer me! Cause I sure as hell don’t get it. But I do agree. Obama sucks… And this is coming from the mouth of a 13 year old American girl. So, Zane, or zaze or whatever the hell your name is, or that 13 yr old Canada dude, or the americanswhose posts I haven’t read yet, listen to me when I say this. FUCK OFF EACHOTHER!!!!!!! NONODY ENJOYS YOUR STUPIDITY!!!!! WE DONT APPRECIATE YOUR VENOM FILLED WORDS. Ass holes fill the world. I know that, but it doesn’t mean u have to be one of them. And I don’t know much about Canada, but I’m sure it’s a great kind country!!! As for the U.S. did u know that without the american’s money donations, most countries economies would fail???!!! So, let your predjuiced selves burn in hell. We weren’t made to be asses all around… I hope you leave EACHOTHER ALONE!!! And Imean both countries!!!!!!!! Fuck!!! Children much!!! GROW UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment from Ronnee
Time December 27, 2011 at 2:52 pm

Great post alice

Comment from Ronnee
Time December 27, 2011 at 2:59 pm

Quit being predjuiced ( not sure I spelled that right…) all of u are ass monkeys, unless you’ve posted to stop the fighting!!!!

Comment from Annonymous
Time January 10, 2012 at 7:55 pm

Although there is a lot of hate on here, I find it rather entertaining. Trolls have a bad reputation, but reading these arguments over pride is like watching a good comedy! Also Ronnee, the U.S. is not the only country that lends out money to other countries. Canada has a good share of money lending as well. In fact, Canada has lent a lot of money to the U.S. as well. Trust me, Canada is far from perfect, it is practically illegal to be homeless.(There is a law in Toronto that makes it illegal for you to live in your car.) On top of that, we have Harper as Prime Minister… I preferred the Paul Martin government, back when our federal debt was decreasing, just as you would miss your Clinton government (for those of you who were alive and remember it.) If you’re going to continue ripping at each other, at least TRY to keep it entertaining. Also, we DO have free health care (just making that clear, we never pay at the doctor’s office and we never pay at the hospital either. My grandmother was at the hospital for a medical check up and to run tests just last friday and saturday and we left without ever having to pay any bills, other than for parking.)

Comment from Emily
Time January 19, 2012 at 7:16 pm

As an American I’m damn proud of the values I have and a lot of the accomplishments my country has made. At the same time, I’ve been in Canada one time on a road trip with my mom and sister and the only thing I remember about the experience was my mom getting pulled over (for having a brand new, $500 radar detector which the cop confiscated) and my mom drove off after getting her ticket and yelled “Fuck the Queen!” out the window. She swore she would never go back into Canada and she hasn’t since. One bad experience made my mom passionately hate an entire country. If you ask me, that’s the exact opposite of what America is supposed to stand for. America is not perfect by any means. But that’s no reason to talk shit. Deal with your own problems and then pass judgement on us. And of course both the citizens of America and Canada are prideful and defensive of their country. If you have a house full of child abusing crack addicts living next door and they start talking shit about your family of alcoholic sex offenders you’re obviously going to defend your family. It doesn’t mean your family is right, it just means that they’re yours and you love them no matter what. (By the way, I’m not saying that Canada is full of child abusing crack addicts or that America is a family of alcoholic sex offenders. It’s a metaphor.)

Comment from Tam
Time January 23, 2012 at 2:43 am

Okay people calm down. Seriously. I’m Canadian. Maybe if you guys stopped all the stereotypical comments from each other we could all agree that the point of this law was set when horses were the basic mode of transportation. Yes it could still be an active law, but the chances that it would be recognized and accepted would be most unlikely. How many Canadians actually know about this law, and intend to use it, really.

Comment from Stephan
Time January 23, 2012 at 6:40 pm

This isn’t a stupid law. Though you might change it to a car/motorcycle, and a handgun with bullets.

Comment from James
Time January 23, 2012 at 7:03 pm

Hm, from the looks of it, it would appear a good portion of you are assholes trying to defend your nation. As a Canadian, I am proud to have the second largest geographical country as well as every single other thing that Canadians have been involved with, but I don’t act like it gives me the right to say all Americans are dumbasses. I’d wager that right now at least a quarter of the people flaming in this thread are just being massive trolls trying to get an emotional response from you patriotic types.

Also, I think I’m the only one here who recognized the comment about Hetalia.

Comment from Debbie
Time January 26, 2012 at 2:45 pm

These laws are awesomely hilarious. Some might be “Grandfathered” for those of you who doesn’t known what that means..It’s old and on the books and still could be in effect…so watch what you do