This is a discussion on Have you lost guns in a boating accident? within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; I see many people say they lost all their guns in a tragic boating accident. That's such a shame. I really wonder why people would ...
Yes, my whole collection went under
No, never happened to me
I'm afraid of the water, so no guns ever got close
I want to know where this lake is!
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I see many people say they lost all their guns in a tragic boating accident. That's such a shame. I really wonder why people would take their gun collections out on the water in the first place.
Perhaps we need a new law banning guns on lakes. This may be the only way to prevent these terrible tragedies in the future.
To that end, we need to get an idea of how many people have experienced this tragedy. After all, it's for the guns!
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The only common sense gun legislation was written about 224 years ago.
I carry always not because I go places trouble is likely, but because trouble has a habit of not staying in its assigned zone.
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How else are you supposed to hunt fish?
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No but I had one stolen from out of my house.
Some people will start trouble and then try to make it look like its your fault....
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It's a tragic thing when it happens - usually people don't want to get into the details. Picture putting all of your guns and ammunition, magazines, etc.. - on a boat. Because you need to get from point A to point B, and at the time - using a boat makes the most sense.
Now jump ahead to the end of the sad saga - you have nothing left except your pocket knife (if you're lucky).
I'm getting a little teary eyed just thinking about it.
Austin
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Yes I have, and it was one of the saddest days of my life.
A custom-built .500 Nitro express double-barreled rifle.
I had just picked it up in Freeport, when the boat I was ferrying back for the Bahamas
cracked a sea strainer, the boat sank in less than a minute along with $10,000 worth of custom rifle.
When the Coast Guard picked me up, they thought I had lost a person as depressed as I was.
It is pardonable to be defeated but never surprised.
2 Ruger alaskan .454s
Ruger P95
Rem 870
Barrett .50BMG
Mine all went under on an ocean trip. Nah, they're all rusted up, ruined and in the middle of murky shark-infested waters anyway. You wouldn't want to try and find them. Horrible day indeed. But the fishing was good though.
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Crossman 760 BB/Pellet, Daisy Red Ryder, Crossman Wrist Rocket, 14 Steak Knives, 3 Fillet Knives, Rolling Pin-14", Various Hunting Knives, 2 Baseball Bats, 3 Big Dogs and a big American Flag flying in the yard. I have no firearms; Try the next house.
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No, but I've been thinking of taking a little trip.
...he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. Luke 22:36
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I take my weapons out on the lake to clean them......
"One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation."
--Thomas B. Reed, American Attorney
Second Amendment -- Established December 15, 1791 and slowly eroded ever sinceWhat happened to "..... shall not be infringed."
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You should add an option. I lost "most" of my guns in a boating accident. Here are my highpoint and single shot .22 rifle that you can take to make you feel better.
Walk softly ...
BigStick is right. Funny and sad at the same time. Only gun salvaged high and dry was the collectible WWII P38 and holster and mags that my dad got off of a dead German officer. And maybe my Savage single-shot O&U (.22LR on top 20ga on bottom).
-Blackstone’s Commentaries 145–146, n. 42 (1803) in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008)Americans understood the right of self-preservation as permitting a citizen to repel force by force
when the intervention of society... may be too late to prevent an injury.
That's good that you didn't lose them all. Mine are all safe and sound, locked away in Davy Jones Locker. You're welcome to all in my sig line though. Well, all but the dogs and the flag.Originally Posted by BigStick
Vietnam Vets, WELCOME HOME
Crossman 760 BB/Pellet, Daisy Red Ryder, Crossman Wrist Rocket, 14 Steak Knives, 3 Fillet Knives, Rolling Pin-14", Various Hunting Knives, 2 Baseball Bats, 3 Big Dogs and a big American Flag flying in the yard. I have no firearms; Try the next house.
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It seems every time I buy a gun I end up losing it in the water. I guess I'm just clumsy. I wish I could remember exactly where each one of them went into the water so that I could find them but unfortunately I can't. Actually, I guess I'm clumsy and forgetful. I hope no one every comes looking for my guns because they will just end up wasting a whole bunch of time looking in all those lakes and swamps. All those places start to kind of look the same after a while. They are welcome to look all they want but it might be very dangerous for them with all those gators around.
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Damn that's a sore point. LOL I lost a .45 that I'd had built in the Wolf River, in southern Mississippi, while on a canoe trip many, many years ago. I had a buddy of mine that was Marine Gunnery Sgt build this beauty, with a Essex frame and a Colt slide, and she was a shooter. Ironically called it my "River .45". Hahah. Went canoeing with my brothers, father and friends, and flipped the canoe in some ugly rapids, and the pistol, cocked and locked and secured in a military shoulder rig went to the bottom of the river. Don't need to tell you how bad this ruined this otherwise great trip. We returned to scene of the stupidity the following weekend with a huge magnet and rope, and we lost the magnet in the rapids. Opted not to advance to scuba gear at that point. Made me sick then, and still does talking about it now.
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