I am looking into buying a used pistola, one that is legal.
I find the gun stores are very expensive.
Any gringo selling one?
Owning a gun in DR legally is very expensive. Are you legal to carry one, otherwise why bother buying a legal one?
of course i would buy from a Dominican. I just assumed there were a lot more gringos on this site. My bad.
Ok, I will rephrase.
Anyone selling a pistola or know where I can buy one used. By used I mean it is not brand new from the store.
May I ask why you traded your pistola for a shotgun?
Too heavy (9mm Browning knock-off).
Plus it was subject to rusting, even after having it chrome plated twice.
My mistake was not buying a stainless steel pistola and a smaller one.
I'm one of those that the heat here just melts me away... lol
Also the annual renewal costs and trouble was just too much.
If they ever do away with the annual ballistic test, I may get another one.
$10,000 a year was getting too outrageous, I pay about $75 U.S, for 7 years in the States.
Rock Salt goes a long way in a shotgun...good deterrent in most situations and usually won't kill someone, but gets them running, crying in the opposite direction.
Rock Salt goes a long way in a shotgun...good deterrent in most situations and usually won't kill someone, but gets them running, crying in the opposite direction.
Pointing a weapon without intent to use it for lethal purpose, infringes the law and the very reason why they exist.Not a good idea to point a weapon at some one in the DR unless that weapon will actually do what it is designed to do. We are not in Kansas with farmer Jones trying to chase off kids from the corn field.
i am bit confused ...the shotguns don't they have "permiso permanente" ?
one didn't need to renovate the shotguns before; did this change??
the renovation fee for guns are about 6,000 pesos per year, the antidoping test can be done at Laboratory nearby your area (they offer a list of laboratories), and the payment
is done at Banco de Reservas...there the card will be send. As i got informed the ballistic test is just once. This means no yearly
trips to santo domingo.
Shotguns do have a permanent license.
The ballistics test for pistols is ridiculously required EVERY year, so you were misinformed on that and must include the price for that test and the trip which must be done yearly to Santo Doming when you consider the cost of ownership.
In America weapons are used 1-2 million times per year for self defense purposes. The majority of time there are no shots fired or the shots are simply warning shots. I believe that the number of justifiable self defense killings is far less than 10,000. So for every time a weapon is displayed/fired in self defense less than 1% of the cases result in the death of the criminal. This never draw unless you shoot philosophy is championed by concealed carry permit instructors (back in America) who couldn't be more wrong about how actual self defense situations actually play out in the real world. They are so paranoid about their students getting a brandishing charge that they cause them to only draw at the last second, and then to get caught up in a possible manslaughter charge.
Dominicans have no problem shooting to wound criminals as well as firing warning shots. They very seldom get into trouble either once the police see who the "victim" of their firearm is. Finally, one must remember that most police officers in America draw their weapons hundreds of times throughout their careers and less than 1% ever kill anyone. They obviously don't follow this tough guy never draw unless you shoot approach.
Dare to draw a weapon in the USA and have no reason to shoot and I will read about you in the daily news for certain.In America weapons are used 1-2 million times per year for self defense purposes. The majority of time there are no shots fired or the shots are simply warning shots. I believe that the number of justifiable self defense killings is far less than 10,000. So for every time a weapon is displayed/fired in self defense less than 1% of the cases result in the death of the criminal. This never draw unless you shoot philosophy is championed by concealed carry permit instructors (back in America) who couldn't be more wrong about how actual self defense situations actually play out in the real world. They are so paranoid about their students getting a brandishing charge that they cause them to only draw at the last second, and then to get caught up in a possible manslaughter charge.
Dominicans have no problem shooting to wound criminals as well as firing warning shots. They very seldom get into trouble either once the police see who the "victim" of their firearm is. Finally, one must remember that most police officers in America draw their weapons hundreds of times throughout their careers and less than 1% ever kill anyone. They obviously don't follow this tough guy never draw unless you shoot approach.