I am a retired police officer planning to move to the D.R. in July. Does anyone know how I can legally transport my firearms to the D.R. and then how I can legally carry them?
You will have to get Permanent Residency first to apply for a gun permit.midnitemed said:I am a retired police officer planning to move to the D.R. in July. Does anyone know how I can legally transport my firearms to the D.R. and then how I can legally carry them?
Also, I know it's none of my business, but why would you need to carry a firearm in the DR?? It will only get you in trouble.midnitemed said:I may be putting the cart before the horse. I gather I need to get permanent residency, but how do i go about shipping the firearms overseas?
Forget it, to much hassle "Not to say impossible" Get one here afer you arrive and get residency. Expect to pay up to 3 times the value here. I sold my S&W for 500.00 12 years ago (With all the accessories). Here the cost US$2000.00. Don't expect to be able to carry it. Next to impossible "very difficult" for someone to get a concealed weapon permit.midnitemed said:I am a retired police officer planning to move to the D.R. in July. Does anyone know how I can legally transport my firearms to the D.R. and then how I can legally carry them?
Aguayo said:.... I was shot once for a thief, but dominicans are very bad shots.
If you have a business, you should have no problem getting a carrying permit. The new law is to stop Dominicans from carrying guns not foreigners. They are the ones who get drunk and/or jealous and do all the shooting and killing.midnitemed said:Ricardo,
For a couple of reasons. 1) I have a business down there that generates cash, 2) I was once (recently) almost a victim of a robbery (story in another thread), and 3) I am not one of those people who carry and lets everyone see or know about it. I've carried a firearm for 20 years and never needed it, but would like to use it when i have no other option.
macocael said:Ben the life you lead! what do you mean exactly by you were shot once for a thief--details! sounds like a good story.
Aguayo said:Perhaps now it is a good story, but at the monent it was just scary.
My wife and me were watching TV on the eve of midnight in our finca when the dog started yelling wildly.
At first the thieves hide into the underbrush hile stoning the house, may be to make me open a door to see better.
When the heavy stoning started we called police, and friends.
Then, when peeking out from our bedroom window I saw the thieves against the dark sky, may be 20 meters away, and then one of them shot me with a shotgun. The marks still are on the window frame, but it missed the target, neither the window glasses nor me were damaged.
After that they tried to take out the window's bars unsuccessfully, and then, taking some working tools that I had left outside the house (a mistake) they tried to break one of the house's doors for a good while.
And they yelled "we are going to kill you" (co?o, entramos y los matamos a los dos).
Finally they left, a bit tired I guess, since our door is not easily breakable, shortly the police arrived (more than an hour after our calls) and that was all.
Besides coming, police did nothing, but asking money for gas.
Of course, we were not armed then, since Dominican law gives Dominicans a full year to shot foreigners at ease (you know, only after permanent residence, the second year living here, you can get a gun license).
Now I'm have a gun and more a coming.
The free lunch is over f***ng dominicans...
Ben
macocael said:... Suelta! Out with your reasoning!....
As a gringo who feels that he has successfullly assimilated into Dominican living, I feel embarassed by Ben's post and attitude.Mirador said:Macocael, I've seen it time and time again, carpetbaggers or hobos masquerading as expats, move into a rural community by buying an isolated finca, and start pushing the locals around, inspiring the wrath of many. And then they cry wolf and run to the authorities. Before deciding on arming himself, I suggest Ben check his attitude and relationship with his neighbors, they could be his best allies.
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HOWMAR said:As a gringo who feels that he has successfullly assimilated into Dominican living, I feel embarassed by Ben's post and attitude.
Mirador said:As a "f***ng dominicans.." I can assure you that those were no thieves. The person(s) who attacked you at midnight in your finca did not have robbery in their minds. They were trying to scare you. Why? what have you done to inspire such hostility?...