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So you have never thought that the government over regulates? http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/florida If these mandates are so good why do they always pass them after a tragedy when emotions are high versus letting them stand on their own merits? Complicated only to those who refuse to understand? Why don't you begin to address the issues I raised: Quote:
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Implementation.... That's easy. All boats entering or leaving federal waters will be equipped with at least one form of PLB. If you get caught without it you get a warning or fine. Same as flares, life jackets or other required safety devices. Same folks that enforce the latter should enforce the PLB requirement. Rant away..
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No Bones...same as gun control...we do not want to many mandate...if you know what I mean. ![]()
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Gun control, you mean the shall not be infringed, that's infringed upon "for the greater good" with "common sense controls"?
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![]() At the time I started this thread was totally caught up in the hype of these two young boys missing at sea that obviously perished in the same! I to do not like the government mandating ANYTHING on my freedom.. Hence, after alot of soul searching, realize the responability falls on the end user..... I have always tried to keep everything life saving on all my boats up to date. God forbid the need ever arises. Education is the answer. Lil' Kenny passed the Coast Guard exam at age 10, my daughter at age 12.. They both enjoy the water as much if not more then I do... ![]() Both of them are in their 30's I took this mishap close to heart, as I did the same thing in Florida at the tender age of 14, so did Lil'Kenny (but he got busted by a friend that saw him and called me) With that being said lets try to pass on that safety equipment is not just there to be there.. It may someday save your life or someone elses! Respectfully, and humbly submitted
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Very true and you should take the time to know how, when, and why to use that equipment to maximize your chance of rescue.
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that I am not going to West End until I rewire the boat. I just don't trust it and understand the consequences. Forty years ago this might have been my SAR. We all had an emotional attachment of youth and the mutual bond of the hull tugging on our heart strings. What smart young kid would not want a SC? Most of us have had an offshore Oh S moment or two or more... In the end, this did not have to end as it seemingly has and to that end I am with the mandate. I also do not like DC and all they do not stand for which is freedom. My knee jerk reaction is the same. This did not have to happen. I chose to buy a plb after the football players went missing. My choice. Could a mandate save millions on SAR? Yep. Could it save lives? Yep, Is it worth giving up more of our freedom? I`m still conflicted. Hopefully my plb will keep me from being the cause of a greatly reduced GDP on CSC. Live Free Or Die??? Never thought I would question that. |
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Our government was initially designed to provide the maximum freedom to each individual, by means of requiring maximum responsibility from each individual.
This means that each person is accountable for their actions and decisions, and the consequences appertaining thereto. HOWEVER, we all also have the freedom to help others, AND the moral responsibility to do so if we are able, as long as such actions do not bring greater danger to others. As a trained EMT, and current Civil Air Patrol SAR pilot, as well as being a CAP chaplain and a parish priest, I understand fully the desire to enact something that might help prevent the great emotional angst when a tragedy like this one takes place. I volunteer as I do because I feel this as keenly as anyone who is not immediately affected can. Governmental regulation is not the answer. Training and volunteer response is the answer. People helping their neighbor is the answer. The continual erosion of personal responsibility by abdication of the same to corporate or communal governmental authority is, in fact, the source of some of the problems. We have become Diversionist Moral Awfulizers. We run around in circles and cry out, "Someone Must Do Something!", instead of resolving firmly, "I Must Do Something". And we wonder, at times, why Nobody did anything. Sometimes I ask people who are caught up and frozen in high emotional response to tragedy, "What have you personally done to either help this situation or what will you be doing to help prevent similar tragedies, that doesn't trample on a person's right to exercise free will?" (I get mostly blank looks at this question, or a "Who, me?" response). "Everybody knows that Somebody should do all the important things that Anybody could do: All the good things that Nobody did".
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You all think I am being ridiculous, but I work for the government. I get to see this first hand every week. You do not want this. |
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