"Doug Dotson" wrote...
"Bil Hansen" wrote ...
"Doug Dotson" wrote ...
"Dan Best" wrote ...
You know, it's funny. This question comes up all the time on the
net,
but
rarely, if ever, out here where people are actually doing it (we are
about
to leave La Paz for points south). I can't remember the last time
the
guns topic came up while talking with other cruisers. The sense I
get
is
that very few are actually carrying guns.
- Dan

Very few admit it. While cruising a couple of years ago, I was amazed
how many carried guns aboard. Probably better than 50% of the folks
I talked to about such things.

And those who don't admit it (to foreign govts) can get in trouble. See
the
recent case in Indonesia
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...2/s1306001.htm):

"A Bali court has sentenced Western Australian millionaire yachtsman
Christopher Packer to three months jail for firearms offences.

snip

"The judges found him guilty of the non-criminal offence of failing to
report the presence of firearms on his ship and sentenced him to three
months in prison, including time already served."

Choosing to carry firearms in coutries where they are illagal is another
matter. Anyone that gets caught deserves what they get.


The point of the Packer case is that Packer failed to report the presence of
firearms (ie the case was not about the legality of firearms in Indonesia).
And two of his crew, disgruntled during the voyage, dobbed him into the
Indonesian authorities. So ... no disgruntled crew and the authorities
would likely not have known that Packer had his several weapons aboard.

Cheers

Bil