Lew, What you are describing there is the problem of initiative. i.e. the "bad guy" knows that he is a "bad guy" and knows when he is going to do "bad stuff." The only effective way to defend against that is to assume that any person approaching must be a "bad guy" and shoot them. This will not endear you to the natives - especially the guy who wants to sell you fruit. Of course, you could just brandish the gun. This has the advantage of scaring away the fruit seller, alerting the local law enforcement and pirate militia that there's a hostile threat to be eliminated using rocket launchers and advertising that you must have something worth stealing.
The fact of the matter is that weapons will always favor those that are better armed (them not you) and those that are prepared to use them preemptively (them not you). Life isn't like Hollywood. Hugh. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lew Hodgett Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 2:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] the gun issue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As to my stand on guns on board, I pity the fool who steps aboard my > vessel univited. If I were to make an uninvited attempt to board your vessel, it would be pretty simple. Shoot FIRST, don't bother asking questions. Approach vessel in a peaceful manner with a big mile on my face. As soon as someone comes on deck, kill them first then search out the balance of boat killing every living thing that remains. Strip boat at my leisure, then scuttle boat. SFWIW, fish poop doesn't make a very good witness. OK, now defend yourself from such an attack. Lew _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
