Comments on: Moscow Jails U.S. Pastor For Hunting Ammo

S.C. Man Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Taking Box Of Hunting Bullets Into Russia

[roach9703]

This shows an appalling lack of judgment on the part of the pastor. This was arms smuggling! In parts of Africa the reverend could have fared far worse. How about if he went to Saudi Arabia with these bullets- any hands left?
I do hope that Putin, as prime minister will intervene.
This not good for internal relations.

[usbrit-2009]

Read the statement taddles

1) I was referring to your "number of gun owners outnumbers the number of ANY and ALL groups in this country," statement as being BS not the number of abberations (or aerations as you call them). You admit the number is 35% - this is not a majority.

2) I never said all gun owners are criminals.

3) I might not have said this plainly enough for you. Any country would do the same thing to someone trying to enter with undeclared ammunition as this guy did.

Remember the dumb student who tried to get into the US with a stick of dynamite and some blasting caps after he''d had a geology course in Argentina a few months ago? They sure arrested his a$$ PDQ.

[usmcvn2]

Pastor Stupid is in jail. Why? BECAUSE PASTOR STUPID IS STUPID!! ROFLMFAO!!

Praise Jaysus!!! Can I git an RRMEN!!

[tomanyt]

Spectrum108...What are you talking about?

[tomanyt]

Is there any country that allows you to bring in ammunition? Why would this "pastor" think it was OK to bring it into Russia??? He better pray he doesn''t drop the soap in prison.

[taddles-2009]

"Let''''s get some things straight-the pastor was arrested for proselytizing,you know when you go make converts in another country.

Posted by mediapreachr at 02:02 PM : Apr 21, 2008"


And it says that where in the article?

[taddles-2009]

"taddles -- "legal gun owners are the LEAST likely to commit any kind of crime", what is a "legal gun owner"?

Posted by Oscarez at 01:57 PM : Apr 21, 2008"


Every gun owner who has purchased a weapon through a dealer and has the proper permits for his/her state. As Opposed to illegal gun owners who purchase stolen guns through the black market.

This is not a 2nd amendment or gun control argument, this is simply a case of poorly documented Russian laws being capriciously enforced. This is unfortunate but not unexpected from a country like Russia.

[taddles-2009]

"That is BS. Even your beloved NRA reckons 80 million gun owners in the country. A horrible, insane number sure, but nowhere near a majority.

Posted by USBrit at 01:08 PM : Apr 21, 2008"


35% of US households own a total of 192 million (2004 gun survey). To imply that the handful of aerations are somehow a significant portion of these gun owners, as was implied, is patently stupid.

Your opinion of US law and our rights to own a bear arms is as irrelevant. the claim that was made is that gun owners are for all intents and purposes criminals which is false.

Your assumption that bringing ammunition into foreign countries is universally illegal is absurd. For starters your claim that Canada would arrest someone for transporting ammunition is simply false, read the Canadian gun laws.

http://www.panda.com/canadaguns/#official


I''m quite sure that Miles had no intention of trafficking in ammunition since he was only bringing in a single package of 20 shells. There was no information in the literature provided at the airport that stated or implied that ammunition could NOT be brought into Russia. this is not a case of international arms trafficking, it''s a case of an overzealous judge trying to score some points.

[mediapreachr]

Let''s get some things straight-the pastor was arrested for proselytizing,you know when you go make converts in another country.
The russians are predominantly eastern orthodox,church is regaining power there and doesn''t tolerate this practice.

[oscarez]

taddles -- "legal gun owners are the LEAST likely to commit any kind of crime", what is a "legal gun owner"?