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China's last armed village
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:53 pm
by pran80
Dear IFGians,
Came across this blog on Reuters.com, thought it will be interesting to the members here.
http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers- ... d-village/
Regards,
Pranjal
Re: China's last armed village
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:09 pm
by brihacharan
Very interesting
Only hope that this 'freedom to bear arms' is not withdrawn as a result of some bureaucratic statutes
Briha
Re: China's last armed village
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:27 pm
by Baljit
Wow!! indeed very interesting. Next generation going to be very lucky if the govt. will allow this tradition.
Baljit
Re: China's last armed village
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:13 am
by aadhaulya
Don't we have something similar in Coorg (south India), where you do not need a License to own fire arms?
Regards
Re: China's last armed village
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:48 am
by essdee1972
Although it sounds very cute and quaint, in my humble opinion, it is very unfair to the rest of the country to let people from one region / village carry guns for some historical reason or the other, while the rest of the country is deprived!
Re: China's last armed village
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:24 am
by brihacharan
aadhaulya wrote:
Don't we have something similar in Coorg (south India), where you do not need a License to own fire arms?
Regards
You are right....
I have friends in Coorg who possess weapons (Firearms)
All they need is to inform the police providing the details of make & caliber
Briha
Re: China's last armed village
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:34 pm
by skeetshot
Great post, thanks for sharing.
Imagine then, what would have happened to Mao Tse Tung's "Great Revolution" had the entire nation been armed.
Re: China's last armed village
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 7:55 pm
by aadhaulya
brihacharan wrote:
You are right....
I have friends in Coorg who possess weapons (Firearms)
All they need is to inform the police providing the details of make & caliber
Briha
Dear Birhaji,
I believe that there is no restriction on ammo for these people. Do you have any idea if they have some sort of limit on the number of Firearms they can own. May be I need to take up a job there for a few years.
Regards
Re: China's last armed village
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:28 am
by essdee1972
Nope, Aadhaulya. Even if you settle down there, you won't get that freedom, as long as your origins (family) are not from there. This is as per a Coorgi friend of mine who owns a coffee estate or two, apart from 4-5 firearms. I had the same idea sometime back, and I had asked this guy to sell me a part of his coffee plantation so I can claim to be a Coorgi farmer!!
Which is why I mentioned "unfair" in my last comment. Don't want to rake up political issues, but this is about as unfair as apartheid.
Re: China's last armed village
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:52 pm
by aadhaulya
Very sad.
Re: China's last armed village
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:58 am
by essdee1972
Sorry, Aadhulya, a mistake in my earlier post. You need to have something called "domicile". I tried to do a google search on domicile, but the confusion was worse than the Arms Act! Maybe some of our legal eagles can help? As far as I could make out, you need to be born somewhere, or stay for a certain number of years (depends on which state / locality), or posted as a govt. employee, etc. etc. I remember taking out a domicile certificate long long back for entrance into engineering. It required my birth certificate, class 10th certificate, and my dad's proof of residence. But that was easy as we hadn't moved house since before I was born.