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[QUOTE=JjBee62;1834683]Well he does have a valid point. Any attempt to address the issue of gun death and injury in the US is met by a bunch of well-funded lobbyists, correction, concerned American patriots, waving the 2nd Amendment.

The end result, about 100 dead and 200 injured every day. When compared to other first world countries, the numbers are disgraceful.

Back to the subject of Sosua. Is Izzy still working at Chez Mon Real? Small, skinny guu, will talk your ear off. Nice guy. He was threatening to quit in September over a disagreement with his boss.[/QUOTE]Gun violence in America has nothing to do with the 2nd Amendment. The second amendment protects law abiding citizens and their right to protect themselves. Gun violence is the result of criminals unable to function in a regulated society. He and you have no point.

Sounds exactly how we gained our independence from His Majesty King George.

[QUOTE=CharlesPooter;1833415]Not to mention the thousands mowed down by citizens exercising their rights under the Second Amendment to fill their neighbours with lead.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=TimP14;1834747]Gun violence in America has nothing to do with the 2nd Amendment. The second amendment protects law abiding citizens and their right to protect themselves. Gun violence is the result of criminals unable to function in a regulated society. He and you have no point.[/QUOTE]I really don't want to have this discussion here, but this is where it's at.

Approximately 2/3 of all gun deaths in the US and about the same fraction of gun injuries, are not the result of criminal acts. Of the remaining 1/3, 91% of women victims are victims of crimes of passion. What that boils down to is, except for men who are murdered (only 5% being crimes of passion), the vast majority of gun deaths are the direct result of having easy access to a gun. This includes suicides, accidental shootings, domestic violence shootings, shootings by people under the influence of drugs or alcohol and rampage shootings.

In a country where gun owners are required to provide proof of knowledge, proof of financial responsibility and proof of secure firearm storage, before purchasing a firearm, toddlers don't accidentally shoot anyone with daddy's pustol, that was left loaded in the nightstand, firearms safety instructors don't accidentally shoot students with a gun they thought wasn't loaded, teenagers don't come home after a traumatic day at school and put a bullet in their head, drunk abusive husbands don't slaughter the whole family, fired employees don't come back and shoot up the office, the list goes on and on. All these things happen because the 2nd Amendment ensures that every person can find a way to get a gun.

Stricter regulations have a lesser effect on actual criminal gun use, however, they have a huge effect on total gun injuries and deaths.

I'm done. Is Wilfried getting around better now after his surgery?

[QUOTE=JjBee62;1835195]I really don't want to have this discussion here, but this is where it's at.

Approximately 2/3 of all gun deaths in the US and about the same fraction of gun injuries, are not the result of criminal acts. Of the remaining 1/3, 91% of women victims are victims of crimes of passion. What that boils down to is, except for men who are murdered (only 5% being crimes of passion), the vast majority of gun deaths are the direct result of having easy access to a gun. This includes suicides, accidental shootings, domestic violence shootings, shootings by people under the influence of drugs or alcohol and rampage shootings.

In a country where gun owners are required to provide proof of knowledge, proof of financial responsibility and proof of secure firearm storage, before purchasing a firearm, toddlers don't accidentally shoot anyone with daddy's pustol, that was left loaded in the nightstand, firearms safety instructors don't accidentally shoot students with a gun they thought wasn't loaded, teenagers don't come home after a traumatic day at school and put a bullet in their head, drunk abusive husbands don't slaughter the whole family, fired employees don't come back and shoot up the office, the list goes on and on. All these things happen because the 2nd Amendment ensures that every person can find a way to get a gun.

Stricter regulations have a lesser effect on actual criminal gun use, however, they have a huge effect on total gun injuries and deaths.

I'm done. Is Wilfried getting around better now after his surgery?[/QUOTE]Criminals have been around a long time, they don't need guns. Knives and blunt instruments can get the job done also.

Disarming only innocent civilians (criminals don't follow "regulations") you are making their job a little easier and far lees dangerous.

The recent massacres in the news, occurred in gun regulated zones (Fort Hood, USA Naval Bases, Paris, San Bernadino) and if the civilians had been allowed to carry,(army and navy bases prohibit even soldiers from carrying loaded guns) the devastation would have been lessened, and might not have occurred at all.

Gun free zones are "soft" targets for terrorists, criminals, and nutcases who just want publicity.

As long as the anti-gun politicians and celebrities insist on having their armed bodyguards, and the Pope needs his bullet proof armoured car, the citizen should have the right to defend himself, especially if he lives in those areas where the police are sometimes a little reluctant or slow to visit.

There's always a risk in life to be balanced against freedom, and while banning automobiles would stop the "highway slaughter" of millions, especially the completely innocent, we should be wary of knee jerk legislation on a principle, which might in the future be used by politicians to justify all kinds of totalitarian excess.

Slogans like, In the name of the innocent, in the name of the children, in the name of the people, in the name of the workers, in the name of the State, even in the name of the planet (global warming) have left wing politicians salivating at the thought of complete control Utopia (their version).

Now, my regular is asking me to send her some money. Is this a good idea? .

[QUOTE=JjBee62;1835195]I really don't want to have this discussion here, but this is where it's at.

Approximately 2/3 of all gun deaths in the US and about the same fraction of gun injuries, are not the result of criminal acts. Of the remaining 1/3, 91% of women victims are victims of crimes of passion. What that boils down to is, except for men who are murdered (only 5% being crimes of passion), the vast majority of gun deaths are the direct result of having easy access to a gun. This includes suicides, accidental shootings, domestic violence shootings, shootings by people under the influence of drugs or alcohol and rampage shootings.

In a country where gun owners are required to provide proof of knowledge, proof of financial responsibility and proof of secure firearm storage, before purchasing a firearm, toddlers don't accidentally shoot anyone with daddy's pustol, that was left loaded in the nightstand, firearms safety instructors don't accidentally shoot students with a gun they thought wasn't loaded, teenagers don't come home after a traumatic day at school and put a bullet in their head, drunk abusive husbands don't slaughter the whole family, fired employees don't come back and shoot up the office, the list goes on and on. All these things happen because the 2nd Amendment ensures that every person can find a way to get a gun.

Stricter regulations have a lesser effect on actual criminal gun use, however, they have a huge effect on total gun injuries and deaths.

I'm done. Is Wilfried getting around better now after his surgery?[/QUOTE]I'm at the Marriott in Curaçao so I not going to be long here, but if you feel that your family and those you care about are not capable of securing your firearms or stable enough not to use them for any reason besides self protection, practice or hunting then by all means I encourage you to own any.

I and the vast majority of Americans are capable and do not wish to have our rights and safety compromised by the acts an extreme minority of individuals who often are already illegally possessing the handgun in the commission of a crime. There is a reason that the USA Never gets invaded. It's the fact that there is no country in the world that compares to the "well armed militia" we have established. I'm not giving that up either.

Finally if you don't have any firearms in your home, will you please post a sign out front so that the bad guys would be more likely to not bother me.

Thank you.

" Criminals have been around a long time, they don't need guns. Knives and blunt instruments can get the job done also. ".

Disarming only innocent civilians (criminals don't follow regulations) you are making their job a little easier and far lees dangerous.

When someone with a rock or a knife massacres 30 people in a party, a theater, or a grade school, let us know.

A firearm and magazine that allows one to fire 30 times before reloading has no place in the civilian community.

Its not designed for hunting or home defense.

A lunatic with a knife in a recent London, England attack injured a few people, but he was subdued. No fataliites.

I am retired Army, and am familiar with firearms. I own a few, but only bolt-action rifles.

I don't fear them, but I am not obsessed with them. Mine are locked up securely.

In the US, there are more than 350 million firearms in circulation. The US only has 310 million people.

We should be the safest country on earth, according to the usual arguments.

We have the highest number of shooting death of any developed nation, by a huge margin.

In 2016, as of Feb 6, there have already been over 1200 shooting deaths.

All those populations in Europe with strict gun regulations should be sitting ducks for criminals, yet shooting deaths there are rare.

Far fewer guns floating around, and far fewer shooting deaths.

[QUOTE=Yanqui69;1835363]" Criminals have been around a long time, they don't need guns. Knives and blunt instruments can get the job done also. ".

Disarming only innocent civilians (criminals don't follow regulations) you are making their job a little easier and far lees dangerous.

When someone with a rock or a knife massacres 30 people in a party, a theater, or a grade school, let us know.

A firearm and magazine that allows one to fire 30 times before reloading has no place in the civilian community.

Its not designed for hunting or home defense.

A lunatic with a knife in a recent London, England attack injured a few people, but he was subdued. No fataliites.

I am retired Army, and am familiar with firearms. I own a few, but only bolt-action rifles.

I don't fear them, but I am not obsessed with them. Mine are locked up securely.

In the US, there are more than 350 million firearms in circulation. The US only has 310 million people.

We should be the safest country on earth, according to the usual arguments.

We have the highest number of shooting death of any developed nation, by a huge margin.

In 2016, as of Feb 6, there have already been over 1200 shooting deaths.

All those populations in Europe with strict gun regulations should be sitting ducks for criminals, yet shooting deaths there are rare.

Far fewer guns floating around, and far fewer shooting deaths.[/QUOTE]Wonderful!

Do you have any information to share about Sosua?

Does anyone know the health status of Tom?

[QUOTE=TimP14;1835357]I'm at the Marriott in Curaao so I not going to be long here, but if you feel that your family and those you care about are not capable of securing your firearms or stable enough not to use them for any reason besides self protection, practice or hunting then by all means I encourage you to own any.

I and the vast majority of Americans are capable and do not wish to have our rights and safety compromised by the acts an extreme minority of individuals who often are already illegally possessing the handgun in the commission of a crime. There is a reason that the USA Never gets invaded. It's the fact that there is no country in the world that compares to the "well armed militia" we have established. I'm not giving that up either.

Finally if you don't have any firearms in your home, will you please post a sign out front so that the bad guys would be more likely to not bother me.

Thank you.[/QUOTE][URL]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3435058/Boy-8-allegedly-stole-mother-s-handgun-attempted-rob-grocery-store.html[/URL]

Game, set, and match.

Fear of our militia us what the world fears. I just thought all that water has something to do with it.

[QUOTE=Frannie;1835581][URL]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3435058/Boy-8-allegedly-stole-mother-s-handgun-attempted-rob-grocery-store.html[/URL]

Game, set, and match.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=TimP14;1835357]There is a reason that the USA Never gets invaded. It's the fact that there is no country in the world that compares to the "well armed militia" we have established. I'm not giving that up either.
[/QUOTE]Thank you for that. It's rare to find something this hilarious.

If you check, the correct wording is "well regulated militia. ".

I guess I never realized that our safety and security depends solely on Billy Bob and Zeke. I always thought spending $600 billion per year on national defense had something to do with it. To think, I spent all that time cruising 400 feet under the ocean, surrounded by enough nuclear firepower to obliterate 25% of the earth's population, when all we needed was a few hundred rednecks with shotguns. I feel cheated.

Last time I checked, the US only borders 2 countries, Mexico, which is probably going to invade us mañana, and Canada which only wants the Stanley Cup back. With all the satellites, it's rather difficult to sneak across 4000 miles of ocean with a force large enough to attack a country which accounts for 1/3 of the world's national defense expenditures. Even without the satellites, all Japan could do was [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord140][CodeWord140][/url] us off.

Here's a serious question for the thinking people. If you had the opportunity to spend a week or two in a very remote and primitive area, living with the natives, who are living about the same as their ancestors lived 500 years ago, would you do it?

Other than travel cost, no other cost to you, but you would be living without electricity, internet, phones, running water, etc. Probably serious communication issues and no P4 P opportunities. Friendly people, no safety issues, although probably many health risks. Any takers?

[QUOTE=Tomjackin;1835527]Do you have any information to share about Sosua?[/QUOTE]As a matter of fact I do. I stayed in Puerto Plata Thursday with no intention of going to Sosua. I was having a drink at Field of Dreams at 11:30pm when another board member called and asked me to meet him in Sosua. There was another guy who drove up to FOD at the same time that I did. He was looking for a room and the lady told him that she had some available for $60. I wanted to drop a bug in his ear that he could get an apartment where I am staying for $32, but before I knew it he had accpeted the room. I got to Sosua about 30 minutes later. It appears they are opening up a bar or restaurant where the old Latino's was. There were many chairs and tables set up in the area where the outside bar used to be.

I stood outside at my usual spot in front of the old Merengue bar (I think the name is now Hot, since there were posters with the word HOT on it and if I am correct the bartenders had shirts that had HOT printed on them as well.) I have never seen so many people in Sosua before. It was obvious that Sosua does not have enough rooms for that many people so many must have either been staying in nearby villas or in Puerto Plata. That was confirmed when I ran into some Sosua goers who were staying in a hotel that was attached to a restaurant that I ate at in Puerto Plata the following afternoon. I struck up a conversation with a guy from New York who was standing next to me. He wanted to take a Haitian chick to his room, but the girl had no ID. She did not speak English so I translated from French for him. She said that she was 20 years old and for some reason kept worrying about if there were cameras at his hotel because she didn't have the proper ID. I kept asking what does that have to do with anything, but she was really worried about it. Then a cool ass Haitian guy came over to translate as well and we spoke French together and carried on a converstaion about other things.

The girls were still playing games with the police. I saw the police take 2 girls away who later returned to the strip. Everytime the police would walk one way a few of the girls would scramble in the other direction. But not all the girls would do this and I could not understand the logic. Some chicks would come over and grab my arm and as the police passed I would point at them with my other hand. I said if they want you they are going to come get you. You are not turning invisible when you come stand next to me. In one case the cop did come up and try to take the girl. She told the cop that she was with me. The cop asked me if it was true. I didn't answer. I just kept staring at the girl, who was holding my arm. The cop asked me a couple more times and I finally said to the girl, "Quien eres?" The cop started dragging her off and she started getting belligerent with him. I told the girl to calm down then told the cop that it was cool and to let her stay. He released his grasp on her and went about his way.

I also saw the cops come get a couple of girls out of Clasico and take them away. I don't know if they were fighting or what. At 3am when the club let out I drove my ass back to the apartment in Puerto Plata. I made the turn onto the main street at 3:10am, and because of nobody else on the street at that hour, arrived in Puerto Plata at 3:25am.

[QUOTE=Yanqui69;1835363]"
I am retired Army, and am familiar with firearms. I own a few, but only bolt-action rifles.

I don't fear them, but I am not obsessed with them. Mine are locked up securely.

In the US, there are more than 350 million firearms in circulation. The US only has 310 million people.

We should be the safest country on earth, according to the usual arguments.

We have the highest number of shooting death of any developed nation, by a huge margin.

In 2016, as of Feb 6, there have already been over 1200 shooting deaths.

All those populations in Europe with strict gun regulations should be sitting ducks for criminals, yet shooting deaths there are rare.

Far fewer guns floating around, and far fewer shooting deaths.[/QUOTE]You make my point. You've got yours!

Al Gore once said everybody should put a brick in their toilet to save water, another said forget the shower, take a communal bath Saturday night.

At last count he had 17 bathrooms :)

[QUOTE=JjBee62;1835656]

Last time I checked, the US only borders 2 countries, Mexico, which is probably going to invade us maana, and Canada which only wants the Stanley Cup back. With all the satellites, it's rather difficult to sneak across 4000 miles of ocean with a force large enough to attack a country which accounts for 1/3 of the world's national defense expenditures.[/QUOTE]You don't have to drop an H bomb to take over a country. More than one way to skin a cat.

Just March over a border and demand your traditional religion and lifestyle. Can't have a Christmas tree in public, but the minarets with PA Systems calling the faithful to prayer through a city is OK!

Europe successfully held off the invaders, but now have folded and it's too late to unshuffle the deck.

Same with and. America.

There is more common sense in Dominican Republic, than in Washington (or Ottawa).

At least they know corruption when they see it :)

I'm in Sosua at the moment, been here since Tuesday night. This is my 6th visit and have never seen it this busy! At first thought this was a good thing, but not so sure now. There are stacks of women around, especially in Rumba bar at night, However I don't find the quality of the women around is anything amazing and doesn't seem as good as in December when I was here. Loads of women, but not many gems that I can see. The atmosphere too is pretty hectic bordering on volatile, think I preferred it in the weeks coming up to Christmas. That's not to say I'm not enjoying myself, though my 2 mongering sessions so far having taken place during the day.

On Thursday night went to Rumba bar at 9, was there until 12. It was so packed, smokey, noisy and spent half the time trying to avoid getting bashed around, that I wasn't concentrating enough on my purpose of being there in the first place! I know it might sound weird to those not here, but with so many women to choose from, you can also become too choosy and start to question your own taste, ie do I want the one with the prettiest face, the nicest rack, best ass, I'm not sure! Have I seen that one before? That other one must be her sister, I'm getting confused! Not too many lighter skinned morenas here at the moment either, 90 % mulattas ? And going back to my last point that they seemed better looking in December..well maybe they weren't, I just couldn't be so choosy then as there were less women around! Anyway, I left Rumba bar at 12 on Thursday exhausted from the place and chicaless. After recharging my batteries, ran into a busty mulatta from my Decemeber trip walking beside Rumba during the day, took her for a session in the 400 peso an hour hotel opposite. Likewise on Saturday night, Rumba bar was a bit more manageable, wandered over to Classico's from 12 to 2 am, by then the place was utterly packed, to the point of being no fun, impossible to do any real mongering, and surely a death trap in the event of a fire, went home alone. Today Sunday after a good sleep and lunch at Baileys was feeling fresh and frisky, a curvy natural looking young lady offering massages beside el Rancho caught my eye, and instead of weighing things up too much, thought I would just take a punt on her. She gave me a really great BJ which is all I was after. An encounter like this can be more fun and a lot less stressful than going to Rumba bar or Classico's, sizing up hundreds of women while trying to get a drink (Rumba desperately need to improve their service instead of just concentrating on serving their own camareros), all while enjoying the endless house music, smoke and getting bashed around by my fellow mongerers. You get the picture!

Hopefully the new open air bar / restaurant opposite Rumba bar will take some of the pressure off Rumba bar. The first night they opened I saw every table with stools was set for dinner, but by the second night I saw the place was pretty busy, with many people just having drinks. We'll see how the place evolves ! Anyway, here's to hoping that next week in Sosua will be slightly calmer than the one just passed.

[QUOTE=JjBee62;1835656]Thank you for that. It's rare to find something this hilarious.[/QUOTE]Let the man be. He has 14 posts out of which probably 5 on the constitutional amendments and the forum is ISG. LOL!

I come from the third world so, your proposal would not be a serious challenge, though not having Internet might be a hindrance. At least in the beginning, but not having access to women, um, that is a big problem!