Ron Paul: US gun laws aid Somali pirates

[RidleyReport]

So, what do you think? Is he right? Or should vessels that dock in Massachusetts have to face the state's draconian gun laws, traveling the whole world unarmed?

[Mike Hansen]

100% right!

Thanks for the link.

Mike

[RidleyReport]

Overall I think he's only 98% right lol,

I worry Rand is already abandoning too many liberty positions though...that will get out of control I fear once he has power. Sigh.

[Herb Sewell]

I dont really understand what Mr.Paul is saying

[Michael Stuart Kelly]

I dont really understand what Mr.Paul is saying

Herb,

He basically said that if you have guns on board a ship, you can shoot pirates when they attack you. If you don't have guns on board, you can't shoot pirates when they attack you.

Michael

[Herb Sewell]

I dont really understand what Mr.Paul is saying

Herb,

He basically said that if you have guns on board a ship, you can shoot pirates when they attack you. If you don't have guns on board, you can't shoot pirates when they attack you.

Michael

Why not pay security guards and stimulate the economy?

[Christopher]

I dont really understand what Mr.Paul is saying

Herb,

He basically said that if you have guns on board a ship, you can shoot pirates when they attack you. If you don't have guns on board, you can't shoot pirates when they attack you.

Michael

Why not pay security guards and stimulate the economy?

Depends. Aside from the decrease in freedom and increase in government regulation, there is another reason.

It costs the boat money to hire the security guards, so the money spent on security now can't spent on a new suit, tie, or car for the crew. In this way, spending on security doesn't stimulate the economy, it just changes the direction of cash flow from crew goods to crew security. If instead the money is saved in banks, then it gets re-invested into the economy and is used to produce new goods and jobs, which in turn does stimulate the economy.

[RidleyReport]

If governments didn't harass people at ports for having guns piracy would be a lot harder.

[RidleyReport]

Apparently some guys on one of the other forums who saw this video got together and started looking at boats to see if forming a privateer might be doable... Probably nothing came of it but who knows?

[BaalChatzaf]

So, what do you think? Is he right? Or should vessels that dock in Massachusetts have to face the state's draconian gun laws, traveling the whole world unarmed?

The armed guard and their weapons can heave to just outside of the three mile limit.

Ba'al Chatzaf

[equality72521]

If someone had the money and built docks in international water ships could off load their guns and then pick them back up.