TODD STARNES: Troop leader: Customs and Border agent held Boy Scout at gunpoint.

During the search, one of the scouts tried to retrieve a bag from the roof carrier. When he turned around, Fox said an agent had a loaded pistol pointed at the child.

“He heard a snap of the holster, turns around, and here’s this agent, both hands on a loaded pistol, pointing at the young man’s head,” Fox told the television station. . . .

They also wanted to know why the Boy Scouts were hauling “excessive amounts of lighters, matches and knives,” Fox said.