We ARE such lousy boaters...we always seem to lose our guns while fishing, skiing, etc.
No officer, I did not lose my guns in an unfortunate boating accident...I hid ‘em! Trouble is I’m gettin on in years and I done fergot where I hid ‘em.
“We ARE such lousy boaters...we always seem to lose our guns while fishing, skiing, etc.”
I know we all like to ‘yuck yuck’ about ‘boating accidents’, but keep in mind reality won’t be so kind, not with the bunch we now have in power, should they pass the needed legislation:
1) You’ll get a friendly letter from ATF, identifying, by serial number a firearm you purchased in the past 30 years.
2) You’ll be asked to provide an accounting of said firearm. Possible answers will include:
a) You still own it.
b) You gave it away, or sold it.
c) You lost it (maybe in a ‘boating accident’).
3) You will sign under oath.
4) If you answer “b”, you’ll be asked who you gave/sold it to. If you say you don’t know, or if you answer “c”, you will be told to inform ATF should it be found. It will be made to you in no uncertain terms that if the firearm shows up in your possession, or someone close to you, with them being informed, you’ll have 10 years for perjury.
5) Obviously the confiscation begins once the registrations are completed.
But note that I said they need to PASS LEGISLATION to do the above...so perhaps consider that the BEST THING anyone here can do is to help the Democrats along by voting third party or sitting out elections, you know ‘to teach the GOP a lesson’.
...but DO NOT say you weren’t warned as to what happens when the Democrats finally reach the votes they need to take your weapons, and don’t fool yourselves, because the Democrats play HARD BALL, and the can and will take the weapons of 98% (or more) of gun owners, just using their tremendous power they have in DC to do so (ever heard of the IRS?, and that’s only a taste of what they’ll do to get your guns) - gun owners who do not comply will never even see who is wrecking their lives - it’s now THAT EASY for them.
The guy I boat with is also one of the pilots I fly with. We use basically the same positive control procedures and explicit delegation of responsibility launching/recovering the boat as we do in the cockpit. It really helps when everyone knows the plan - no surprises. And yes, the drain plug is on our pre-launch checklist. ;-)