I have a friend that used to travel back and forth from Canada all the time with a blank pistol. He used when running his dogs during bird dog trials to simulate shooting at birds with. This is a common practice during those trials. He has stopped going over to run them because of the hassle of taking a blank gun over with him. Now as stated a blank gun in the form of a handgun.. I can't imagine how much fun it would be to take a real handgun over with you.. But, as stated earlier the choice is yours..