Posted on Behalf of circumnavigate06@bellsouth.net I've never replied to this board because I can't shake a stick to everybody else's knowledge....but I have been aboard (As Captain) boats in the Caribbean, Europe, Indian Ocean, Hong Kong and......! I can tell you that if you go offshore anywhere from (and in) America and don't arm yourself well, you may not come back! All the rhetoric I read sounds like it is coming from people that "WANT" to carry a gun but don't feel comfortable..............Fine, find something else that you are comfortable with, But don't rely on the aggressor to give your life back to you. I have had NUMEROUS experiences and I can assure you that there is NO, NONE, NADA, negotiating once an intruder is IN your boat. Tommy PS. Hiding a gun in the engine room or behind a false wall is a pipe dream. You need a gun within reach, within 6 seconds PERIOD. ----- Original Message ----- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 08:45:46 -0500 > From: Milt Baker <miltbaker@mindspring.com> > Subject: [PUP] Weapons onboard: a Taser instead? > To: passagemaking-under-power@lists.samurai.com > Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.2.20050304082245.014b2c30@pop.mindspring.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > As long as Georgs has opened this can of worms, let me mention that good > friends who are retired FBI agents and are now cruising in the Third World > tell me they are seriously considering buying a Taser for protection. Do > they know something we don't? These guys know firearms well, handled them > regularly throughout their careers, and are very comfortable with handguns. > > More info on Tasers at: http://www.taser.com/self_defense/index.htm Note > that Tasers have "restricted use in DC, MA, RI, NY, NJ, WI, MI, HI & > certain cities & counties," likely meaning they cannot be used there > legally by private citizens. > > The thread reminds me of a megayacht captain who told me the story of > having his yacht boarded and searched off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts > one summer a few years ago. The inspecting officers said it was simply a > "compliance check", and the very professional captain told me that he had > been doing nothing wrong at the time the yacht was stopped; he suspected > the marine patrol officer just wanted to see the boat. A weapon, which > belonged to the yacht's owner (who was not onboard) was found in the > ensuing search, and the captain was issued a citation for having an > unlicensed weapon in Massachusetts. The weapon was licensed in Florida, > the boat's home port, and the paperwork for that was onboard, but the > marine patrol pointed out that the boat and the weapon were not in Florida > at the time; the officer p