N1EE wrote:
If you consider that a boat is a residence, I think you can keep arms
aboard anywhere in the US. If you want to be sure, call the US Coast
Guard.

Definitely call. I'm pretty sure that a boat (live aboard or not) cannot
be considered to have the same Constitutional rights & protections that
a house & dry-land property have.


I've never heard of Coasties taking firearms from lawful owners.
However, if you wanted to bring a handgun, it would be good to have at
least one CCW permit. I'd recommend a gun Florida permit if you can't
get one in your home port state.

If you just carry the shotgun, I don't think you need any permit

Possibly not, but there are sure to be some communities that have an
equivalent of the Sullivan Act which would (in theory) make it illegal
to have *any* gun aboard when passing through.

Another issue is that many authorities take a very dim view of people
going around armed. In many places they come aboard and poke around
asking nosy questions, and consider it their job. It is sure to be
inconvenient at least to have them take an interest in your weapons.
I've heard of many cases where local authorities simply confiscated
guns, or required them to be taken to a gov't facility stored in bond
and then became mysteriously missing when called for.


You might want to get the line-launcher attachment for the Mossberg
shotgun. I think a dual purpose safety device like that makes sense
for fishing.

A line throwing gun would be a great capability to add to a cruiser. You
can also get line-throwing attachments for most .308 (7mm NATO) rifles.


Visit www.packing.org for more information.

Thanks for the link. You've given a lot of good info, Bart.

Regards
Doug King