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Overheard at Tajikistan Airport Security Checkpoint, Second Amendment
AmmoLand ^ | 10 December, 2019 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 12/12/2019 3:43:55 AM PST by marktwain

Overheard at Tajikistan Airport Security Checkpoint, Second Amendment : Image from Google maps, altered by Dean Weingarten

Overheard at Tajikistan Airport Security Checkpoint, Second Amendment: Image from Google maps, altered by Dean Weingarten

In December of 2019, a long-time friend, missionary, and adventurer was standing in line to be checked for entry into Tajikistan, at the airport. Some of the adventures he has had over the years have been worthy of fictional men of action. In this case, he exercised discretion and did not become involved. The conversation he overheard is worth relating. Here is his account:

We had just landed and were herded into line for passport control in the country of Tajikistan. I heard an accented voice ask a lady in line next to her if she was American, she said no, and replied that she was from the Republic of Georgia.

This lady from the Republic of Georgia had exceptional English, so the other asked if she had been to America. It turns out she had been in Arizona for a three month stint working for project Arizona. The woman who initiated the conversation then said:

You would do well to stay away from America due to an epidemic of “gun violence”. 

The younger gal quickly answered, quite matter of fact: “Oh, you're a victim.” 

To which the older woman replied, “Yes, we are all victims.” 

The younger woman said:

“No, actually, I meant you are a victim of leftist propaganda. 

“America has a Constitution that guarantees certain liberties, and per the second amendment of the American constitution people can exercise the right to bear arms at any time


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; secondamendment; tajikistan
Many in other countries envy the United States for its limits on government power and its guarantees of freedom.
1 posted on 12/12/2019 3:43:55 AM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain
True story?

Yeah, riiiight.

2 posted on 12/12/2019 3:49:47 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: marktwain

That’s why they all want to come here.


3 posted on 12/12/2019 3:50:32 AM PST by henkster
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To: marktwain

People inherently know that being armed is important for there survival.


4 posted on 12/12/2019 3:51:27 AM PST by riverrunner ( o the public,)
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To: marktwain

Riiiight. Unless you’re a young black man dealing dope in the ‘hood or committing suicide our instance of gun violence is virtually nil.


5 posted on 12/12/2019 3:57:08 AM PST by Levy78
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To: RoosterRedux
True story?

Yeah, riiiight.

Why do you doubt it?

I had a similar experience in Panama, 30 years ago.

6 posted on 12/12/2019 3:59:27 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Levy78
Riiiight. Unless you’re a young black man dealing dope in the ‘hood or committing suicide our instance of gun violence is virtually nil.

Thanks for reinforcing the message of the story.

7 posted on 12/12/2019 4:00:46 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: marktwain

I’m simply stating a fact.


8 posted on 12/12/2019 4:03:56 AM PST by Levy78
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To: marktwain

I am an attorney that believes all people have a right to self defense, even convicted felons.


9 posted on 12/12/2019 4:29:18 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: riverrunner
their (the Left's) plan consists of feeding off the dying carcass while overseeing a long decline.

That says it all in the least space I have seen.

10 posted on 12/12/2019 4:36:26 AM PST by arthurus (,.)
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To: yldstrk

“I am an attorney that believes all people have a right to self defense, even convicted felons.”

I am not an attorney and I believe the same thing. If they’re too dangerous to exercise their Constitutional rights they don’t belong on the street.

L


11 posted on 12/12/2019 4:40:29 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: RoosterRedux

I’m willing to believe it. Mrs. L and I had a very similar conversation with members of the security staff at a resort in Jamaica a few years ago. I’d noticed that none of them were armed and asked about it.

They explained the legal situation and I said something like “but the bad guys seem to be able to get guns without much difficulty so why shouldn’t you be afforded the same?”

2 or 3 of them said they wished they could but that it was simply not possible given Jamaican law. They were pretty astounded when we started telling them what was sitting in our safe at home.

“AK-47 in your house? No way, mon! The only people here who have those are the gangs!”

“That’s precisely my point.”

L


12 posted on 12/12/2019 4:47:05 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: yldstrk

lawful self defense....


13 posted on 12/12/2019 5:20:44 AM PST by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: marktwain

The stats are amazing:

If you’re not an urban drug-dealer in maybe 15 US cities or killing yourself somewhere, 95% of cases in which a gun is used to end a life simply vanish.

We’re Greenland, sans Caribou.

Oh, but dominated by coup-plotting molesters.


14 posted on 12/12/2019 6:41:38 AM PST by gaijin
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15 posted on 12/12/2019 7:44:28 AM PST by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-free zones are playgrounds for criminals.)
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To: marktwain

“You Are a Victim,,,”
.
On So Many levels
That observation
Points to The
Problems.


16 posted on 12/12/2019 7:59:28 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: marktwain

great article.


17 posted on 12/13/2019 1:17:38 AM PST by BTerclinger (MAGA)
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