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Diver
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Lencho,
I like to show them my Batman Club membership card.
Sometimes I show them my driver's license picture from 1973.
It's always worth a laugh !
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Diver
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| Quote: | Originally posted by turtleandtoad
So we should all carry guns and wear leg armor in the woods and drive tanks on the roads.  |
Or drive F350's and spend the rest of our time on the couch.
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Barry A.
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T & T----------Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh--------
I never said that "all should carry weapons"--------I just am amazed when folks pound somebody for even asking if "we" experienced Baja people have
answers for folks with security issues about travel in Baja. The first few answers to this question were testy, and NOT helpful, or so I thought.
Your points are well taken, of course, but people do get concerned about their safety, no matter if the odds are a million to one that anything bad
will happen. I personally think that the odds are somewhat better than that for something bad happening in Mexico, or the USA, if you are not
prepared, and if it did, I for one would be devastated that I had not taken the precautions that seemed obvious, to me.
Paranoid????? some would say so, but for me, it is so easy to take the proper precautions, so I do. We all have our fears and personal comfort
zones-------There are probably things that you protect yourself from that I would not even give a thought too, and vice-versa.
Bottom line for me: There ain't no way that I am "walking with the bears" in the woods without my weapon-------they truly scare me, and I don't like
them. I feel the same way about "bad guys", and even some "bad women".
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Diver
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Making me think now, Barry.
I would bet that even those who are against self defense probably don't pick up as many hitch hikers as they did in the '70's. Most probably don't
leave their vehicles unlocked when away from home anymore, either.
I know I don't. Call me paraniod.
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bajaguy
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LENCHO
If stopped at a checkpoint and they are searching vehicles, I will generally engage the troops in conversation regarding their equipment and rank
structure. Most of them are friendly and want to show off the equipment....when I display some knowledge regarding the vehicles, radios or weapons
they enquire of my knowledge, and I explain/show them my retired US Army ID card. Most often the sergeant or officer in charge, after some
conversation will just wave me
through.
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Pompano
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Hmmm....let me get this staight.
- An armed bandit is molesting me and/or my family. I spray him with illegal pepper spray. Now I have a pee-off armed bandit molesting me and/my
family.
I don't like that scenario. I would have to be an idiot to put myself in that situation in the first place....and a stupid, unloving, dangerous turd
to even remotely think of putting my family at risk.
I much prefer these scenarios.
- I don't go to places where I feel these events could happen.
- If I have made a mistake and let harm approach my loved ones....I protect them from mortal danger by using sudden and decisive deadly force, not
some stinging perfume.
A 'possible' scenario:
- I leave the bandit with a huge hole in his forehead and continue on our way..with another firearm for my collection.
...which reminds me...where is that Smith & Wesson anyway?
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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bajajudy
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I have one question for Malihiniman
Do you carry pepper spray in your car where you live in the states or Canada?
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Bruce R Leech
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
Hmmm....let me get this staight.
- An armed bandit is molesting me and/or my family. I spray him with illegal pepper spray. Now I have a pee-off armed bandit molesting me and/my
family.
I don't like that scenario. I would have to be an idiot to put myself in that situation in the first place....and a stupid, unloving, dangerous turd
to even remotely think of putting my family at risk.
I much prefer these scenarios.
- I don't go to places where I feel these events could happen.
- If I have made a mistake and let harm approach my loved ones....I protect them from mortal danger by using sudden and decisive deadly force, not
some stinging perfume.
A 'possible' scenario:
- I leave the bandit with a huge hole in his forehead and continue on our way..with another firearm for my collection.
...which reminds me...where is that Smith & Wesson anyway? |
maybe if you spray it on there feet but if you spray it in there face like you
are supposed to they will be disabled long enough for you to make a git away.
Bruce R Leech
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bajaguy
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LENCHO
Larry
The radios that I have seen are all US supplied. Mostly all are SINGARS (Single Channel Ground & Airborne Radio System) although they have
multiple channels - can be either vehicle/aircraft/manpack and are capable of voice and data transmission-either short or long range. Had to dig out
one of my old "cheat sheets" to find out.....FM/VHF 30-87MHz.
I remember how to turn one on and off, change the freq's and the battery......my radio guy (God bless him) did the rest. They are "old" technology and
are being phased out. If you are interested in additional info, try and get a copy of the operator's manual....TM 11-5820.
Terry (CPT, MI, USAR Ret)
PS: Yeah, another Captain!!!
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MrBillM
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Kumbaya
It is interesting that any question regarding prudent precautions to protect oneself and family are ALWAYS met with an abundance of answers from the
Kumbaya crowd describing the idyllic and crime-free paradise they inhabit known as Baja. It matters not if you preface your question by noting you
are interested ONLY in the question of legality and aren't soliciting Philosophical advice. You are "Damn" well going to get such advice whether you
like it or not. It also would not matter if you were to spend days enumerating documented cases of innocents being the victim of violent crime at
times and places where they would least expect it, it simply doesn't happen in our Southern Shangri La.
As far as going nowhere that I would feel in danger, Personally, I have lost count of the number of times that I have ended up in a place I would
rather not be simply by making a wrong turn or taking a highway offramp in an unfamiliar town. There is also no reassurance in statistics that
indicate the unlikelyhood of coming to harm. Those reassuring stats are meaningless if you are the ONE victim.
Ignore anyone's advice regarding defending yourself and your loved ones. It's just a bunch of aged Love Children spouting nonsense. Do whatever you
think is advisable legally.
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Bruce R Leech
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well spoken MrBillM
Bruce R Leech
Ensenada
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