I saw this post on Keith Ball’s BikerNet.com website tonight and thought it was worthwhile passing on through our Legislative Updates section. Mark Shubin is the source of the information and, to me, it’s a bit scary. Somehow, the border-jockies between the United States and Canada have decided that certain members of certain clubs shouldn’t be allowed to pass back and forth across the border. Read what Mark’s got to say about a situation that’s happening currently. I’ve highlighted (in red) what I think are the most critical parts of the story. - Raoul

BONNEVILLE RACING REPORT-- On August 5th, I saw a disturbing post on Facebook from Roger Goldammer. It was concerning the fact that The United States is not
allowing Canadian members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club into the country. This is preventing Rogers brother Richard, from traveling to Utah for the Bub International Speed Trials at the Bonneville Salt Flats this month.

So I called Roger in B.C. to capture a more detailed picture of this restrictive situation.

Apparently this all came to light when some Club members tried to ride from Canada to Laconia N.H. to attend to World Run. Denied! Don't know why.

Now it appears that Richards annual trip to Bonneville is not going to happen because of his membership with H.A. Clean record doesn't seem to matter, just his patches. His crime must be his love of motorcycles and wanting to ride with his Brothers.

I haven't seen additional public information yet, but I'm pretty sure some lawyers are working on clearing this up.

And although this may seem small time to some and has little to no effect on most of our day to day living, think of what has happened to others in the past.

The loss of freedom always begins with small steps of blanket decisions and judgments . Then the list continues to expand as the government feels the need to manage everyone's liberty for their own good.

At this stage this may or may not be the start of something bigger, point being, stay vigilant! And much respect to Richard and Roger, they are both "Stand Up" guy's in my book! Hope this cleared up fast!

And lets not forget about the ATF and DOJ these days!

--Mark Shubin
Utah