Well of course.... but the problem with a mentality about firearms like Ganz
has stemmed from media reports and no actual experience. I was taught to
handle firearms when I was 5 years old. I've always had them and have never
considered them more than a tool. Like a knife they have to be treated with
caution and respect.

I use a parkerized police model 12ga Mossberg because of the weight, style
and load capabilities. It's a pump and I like pump actions. It has the
ability to change barrels and can be altered with a barrel kit and insert to
fire special loads for firing the line launcher. This launcher kit is
excellent aboard a boat and can deliver an 1/8" heaving line to 200 meters.

Like I said before in this thread... the 2 worst prospects for guns aboard
are the "Rambos" and the "Wimps" . The Rambos think a gun will get them out
of any trouble and the wimps think it will get them into all the trouble.

As a survival tool a shotgun can't be beat. Cut the shells to have gunpowder
to start a fire. The sound of the gun fired in the international distress
code of 3 shots can be heard for miles. Food can be secured and self defense
capabilities are increased. I don't view self defense against people...
because were I have been the animals are way hungrier.

If you want to avoid "trouble" when sailing... use your wits.. not a gun.
Avoidance is by far the best defense. Never shoot at something you cannot
positively identify. Never use a firearm as a bluff or deterrent.... if it's
use is required it should be unseen, unexpected and direly required. I can't
remember too many occasions where that scenario has occurred.

Sir Peter Blake was a prime example of how not to use a firearm. I use #9
copper coated bird shot for in house rounds and since I reload my own shells
I reduce the powder load to allow it to just penetrate a piece of plywood to
below the veneer at 10 paces. Unfortunately my reloader and shotgun are
currently in a secure location at a cabin in the NWT. I'm having it shipped
down next week. Damn gun control and registration is screwing things up.

"This year will go down in history- for the first time, a civilized nation
has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more
efficient,
and the world will follow our lead into the future!"

ADOLPH HITLER, 1935


CM




"Peter Wiley" wrote in message
om...
| "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
...
| No... we got big problems with marine Bearcats! Nasty things... the
only
| way to stop them is a shotgun at close range.
|
| Thought you'd carry a firearm to get a seal or 2. Works for fishermen
| down here, long as there are no bleeding hearts about. Or sharks if
| you're into 'sport' fishing. Personally I prefer a gillnet and a few
| drinks to trolling or baiting fish (unlike a lot of people on this
| n/g).
|
| I'd think about carrying a shotgun or rifle aboard if I had the space,
| but not for defence against pirates or thieves - vanishingly unlikely
| need. Firearms are occasionally very useful tools and it depends what
| you're doing, where the utility lies. In fact I have a rifle safe
| aboard ship.
|
| Peter Wiley
|
| CM
|
| "Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
| ...
| | Well, I can certainly see why you're paranoid up there in
| | Canada. Those people are pretty strange. Maybe the moose
| | *are* as dangerous as they say. Do they swim out to you
| | or do you solicit them?
| |
| | "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
| | ...
| |
| | "Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
| | | I've sailed in a lot
| | | of places, and none of them waranted caring firearms.
| |
| | Yeah Okay.... California and the BVI's hardly rate as "a lot of
places"
| | Ganz.
| | I carry an assault shotgun... It doubles as a line launcher with the
kit
| | from Mossberg.
| |
| | Nonetheless most people should not carry guns aboard since very few
have
| a
| | grasp on their use and consequences. This Danny Taddei is your exact
| polar
| | opposite.... neither of you have a clue regarding use and
deployment of
| a
| | firearm. Both of you should be banned from owning one.
| |
| | CM
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