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12-10-2014, 05:57
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Location: Caribbean
Boat: Oyster 66
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Re: Guns on a Boat, Yes or No?
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Originally Posted by Kenomac
Does anyone know how to legally import a Mossberg Mariner 500 shotgun and 12g shells into Italy? I can't find any information online. Can it be shipped to a shipyard or friend in Italy? Or would it be easier to take it on an airline? I'd like to have one on the boat, but want to do things right.
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I can't answer your question, but I really think there is a huge difference between the US and Europe on the gun issue. If I lived in the US I may well have one and for the Caribbean, I am on the fence, so I think I can see what your instincts are, but in the EU I wouldn't. It is a pretty damn safe continent. The incidence of gun use in burglary is vanishingly small and given the hassles and risks of ownership it is not worth owning one.
Relax and enjoy.
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12-10-2014, 10:19
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#497
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
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Re: Guns on a Boat, Yes or No?
Aloha and welcome aboard!
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12-10-2014, 15:26
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#498
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 34
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Re: Guns on a boat, yes or no?
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Originally Posted by onestepcsy37
Interesting. Laidback oldman dreams of cruising off Into the sunset. Finds a cruising forum. Of all the first questions he might ask, having zero knowledge of the cruising lifestyle, is "can I bring my guns".
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^^^^ THIS This is a question I have too, but it would have been my 100th question to ask on any sailing forum.
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12-10-2014, 18:56
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#499
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Palatka, Florida
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Re: Guns on a Boat, Yes or No?
I'm almost sure that if the OP had asked if he could bring his pet turtle along (instead of his guns), he would have gotten enough positive replies to close the issue within a page.
Now, some 34 pages later, we're making him sound like some sort of paranoid neo-cowboy who pisses with his dick in one hand, and his Dan Wesson in the other.
Did anybody stop to think that he might simply be attached to his guns (like others are to their pet turtles), and, faced with a potential major life change, that he was only asking if he could bring them along for the ride?
Jacques
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13-10-2014, 01:10
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#500
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Tasmania, Australia
Boat: Bieroc 36 foot Ketch
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Re: Guns on a Boat, Yes or No?
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Originally Posted by Neeltje
I'm almost sure that if the OP had asked if he could bring his pet turtle along (instead of his guns), he would have gotten enough positive replies to close the issue within a page.
Now, some 34 pages later, we're making him sound like some sort of paranoid neo-cowboy who pisses with his dick in one hand, and his Dan Wesson in the other.
Did anybody stop to think that he might simply be attached to his guns (like others are to their pet turtles), and, faced with a potential major life change, that he was only asking if he could bring them along for the ride?
Jacques
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Definitely not permitted to take turtles OUT of Australia or bring them IN.. Big no no.
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13-10-2014, 01:27
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#501
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Vanuatu
Boat: Whiting 29' extended "Nightcap"
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Re: Guns on a Boat, Yes or No?
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Originally Posted by Neeltje
I'm almost sure that if the OP had asked if he could bring his pet turtle along (instead of his guns), he would have gotten enough positive replies to close the issue within a page.
Now, some 34 pages later, we're making him sound like some sort of paranoid neo-cowboy who pisses with his dick in one hand, and his Dan Wesson in the other.
Did anybody stop to think that he might simply be attached to his guns (like others are to their pet turtles), and, faced with a potential major life change, that he was only asking if he could bring them along for the ride?
Jacques
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Firstly, it was the OP's first post and he waded into a controversial subject so it was always goiung to happen.
Secondly, a turtle is a sentient being that it is possible to have an emotional relationship with. Anybody who feels they can have an emotional relationship with a gun scares the hell out of me.
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13-10-2014, 01:47
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#502
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Tasmania, Australia
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Re: Guns on a Boat, Yes or No?
Yeah.
Though, anyone having an emotional relationship with a turtle sort of irks me too. Eww!
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13-10-2014, 01:49
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Seville London Eastbourne
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Re: Guns on a Boat, Yes or No?
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Originally Posted by NoTies
. Anybody who feels they can have an emotional relationship with a gun scares the hell out of me.
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You should be very scared.
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13-10-2014, 01:49
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#504
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Northern NSW.Australia
Boat: Sunmaid 20, John Welsford Navigator
Posts: 9,549
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Re: Guns on a Boat, Yes or No?
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Originally Posted by Rustic Charm
Yeah.
Though, anyone having an emotional relationship with a turtle sort of irks me too. Eww!
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Could be somebody just coming out of their shell.
Coops.
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13-10-2014, 06:12
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#505
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Warwick RI
Boat: Catalina 30
Posts: 1,873
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Re: Guns on a Boat, Yes or No?
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Originally Posted by NoTies
. Anybody who feels they can have an emotional relationship with a gun scares the hell out of me.
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Haven't you ever seen Full Metal Jacket?
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13-10-2014, 06:29
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#506
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: New Orleans
Boat: Bruce Roberts 44 Ofshore
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Re: Guns on a Boat, Yes or No?
A wise man once said, "Never bring a turtle to a gunfight".
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13-10-2014, 06:46
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Seville London Eastbourne
Posts: 13,406
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Re: Guns on a Boat, Yes or No?
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Originally Posted by GrowleyMonster
A wise man once said, "Never bring a turtle to a gunfight".
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I thought it was Tortoise?
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10% of conflicts are due to different opinions. 90% by the tone of voice.
Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.
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13-10-2014, 07:00
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#508
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Home at Warsaw, Poland, boat in Eastern Med
Boat: Ocean Star 56.1 LR
Posts: 1,841
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Re: Guns on a Boat, Yes or No?
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Originally Posted by weavis
I thought it was Tortoise?
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Do You mean this one?
A little difficult to accomodate on the boat, I think. But it is British thing, You may know better...
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13-10-2014, 08:00
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#509
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Palatka, Florida
Boat: 1902 Dutch Tjalk, 64'
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Re: Guns on a Boat, Yes or No?
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Originally Posted by NoTies
Firstly, it was the OP's first post and he waded into a controversial subject so it was always goiung to happen.
Secondly, a turtle is a sentient being that it is possible to have an emotional relationship with. Anybody who feels they can have an emotional relationship with a gun scares the hell out of me.
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Pete,
Anybody who wants to have an emotional relationship with the 80 lb. Alligator Snapper that's been squatting my pier for the past two weeks is welcome to try, but if it's all the same to you, I'll continue to sleep with my Howitzer...
Jacques
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13-10-2014, 08:45
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#510
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Jacksonville/ out cruising
Boat: Island Packet 38
Posts: 31,351
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Re: Guns on a Boat, Yes or No?
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Originally Posted by Neeltje
Pete,
Anybody who wants to have an emotional relationship with the 80 lb. Alligator Snapper that's been squatting my pier for the past two weeks is welcome to try, but if it's all the same to you, I'll continue to sleep with my Howitzer...
Jacques
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I thought those things were a little rare, and shy. How often do you get to see it?
Those things and Horseshoe crabs look like they belong to a time long past.
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