Really Obscure Gun Blog Question
What do you know about how to get a gun, or gun ownership, in Thailand?
We know someone that is going deep into the country where police and military won’t offer protection. What would you recommend to carry? What can you tell us?
We don’t want to end up on “Locked Up Abroad” but we want to come out alive...
Thanks - this one is personal boys!
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Mike,
ReplyDeleteI would recommend against your friend going out personally armed, regardless of any and all permits, or authorizations. Alliances and rules within such a country change too fast.
Solution: Hire an in-country protector/service who has good credentials through the local bureaucrats, and only those bureaucrats whose references are vetted by our closest embassy.
If things get dangerous, the protector would of course be able to "temporarily" supply him with something in hand. My $.02.
Great idea Bruce.
ReplyDelete-Mike
Regarding this weeks poll:
ReplyDeleteSo how can folks think that a single action semi-auto is better than a double action?
Pulling a hammer back is an extra step!
Mike
Mike when you say semi auto I assume you mean with or with out a hammer. A double action takes more pressure to pull the trigger, possibly pulling you off target. Where a fully cocked single action takes less pressure. Pulling a hammer back is not really an extra step. With practice you can learn to cock your pistol in one fluid motion as you draw your weapon. Besides most semi auto pistols have a hammer safety so you can holster your weapon fully cocked and ready.
ReplyDeleteWHEN OBAMA AND HIS LIBERAL CREW GETS THE GUNS OUT OF "THE HOOD" AND ALL THE OTHER GANGS ACROSS AMERICA, THEN OBAMA CAN TALK TO US LAW ABIDINGING CITIZENS.
ReplyDeleteJUST WATCH "GANGLAND" ON THE HISTORY CHANNELL.
THE PATRIOT FROM FLORIDA...........9-25-2009.
Hi Mike.
ReplyDeleteThe two main considerations when planning security abroad are cost and liability. You would really get your money's worth by combining job descriptions. You would save money because the armed security person you hire can also be the guide you don't have to hire, and you are also saving the expense of research, fees, licenses, permits, etc. to attempt to get weapons carry permit(s)- several permits may even be required if traveling through various regulated localities. The costs of purchasing and maintaining the weapon itself is also saved. Also, there is safety in numbers when traveling versus being the "lone wolf". It is a safer proposition legally as well. Once a weapon is used, the person becomes liable and vulnerable to legal and civil consequences that would not be risked if private security is employed for protection. Personal retribution against the foreign shooter might also be a risk in certain countries. Good luck and take care, Doug
Gun control is hitting what you aim at! Mike
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ReplyDeleteCorrect me if I'm wrong, but don't both single action and double action (semi)automatic hand guns act the same after the first shot, that the gun is cocked and ready because the previous shot both cocked and loaded the handgun for the present shot? So for a number of reasons the first shot is the most important, and thus being fastest is not the most important, but being the most accurate.
ReplyDeleteAs for getting guardians in-country, I have a friend who was a professional hunter of men in those areas and he said that the people he trusted to guard his six (and all the rest of the hours) were Montanyards. They were utterly deadly and tustable.
ReplyDeleteThanks - Montanyards will look into this.
ReplyDeleteThe issue is not what happens after the first shot - the issue IS the first shot.
If you have to cock your hammer back and I don't then I have the fastest first shot.
Assume equal skill and accuracy - then speed is the factor. A double action is faster than a single action because one you pull the trigger and it shoots - the other, you pull the trigger and nothing happens until you pull the hammer back and pull the trigger again.
IF YOUR INTENTIONS ARE LEGAL, CONTACT THE THAI BORDER PATROL POLICE. THEY IN MY EXPERIENCE, HONEST, AND PROFESSIONAL. IF THEY GIVE YOU PERMISSION YOU ARE GOLDEN. PHIL
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Guns are a big issue no matter how we read it.Laws are needed in order to deal with this.Rules and safety are important because of our children.Anger and guns is dangerous.Guns are used to protect us from dangerous criminals,this is true but, on the other hand there is our children. Everyone needs education into guns in the home and how to keep our children safe in the same house.I believe in protectin when properly educated and utilizes the laws and takes all needed steps for security.
ReplyDeleteI was stationed up country (Nakhom Phanom RTAFB) back in the seventies. Don't recall seeing any privately owned firearms but just about everybody had some kind of knife handy. I would go with the guide idea. The Montangards generally lived in what used to be Indo China (it's a corrupted French word.) and I wouldn't expect to see many in Thailand.
ReplyDeleteGood advice everyone - and, yes, the intentions are legal - medical work - however the bad guys don't often care why an American is there, good intentions or not.
ReplyDelete! want a 45 automatic with a box of shells and a clip or two clips. Do you have a better sujection. Also would I have to regiter the gun the gun in USA? I don't want Obama to take it away.
ReplyDeletekeep updated as best as you can on Obama and his administration cconcerning the Seconed Ammendment. They will, and are trying to take our guns.
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