RiverRat
Well-known member
If the thought EVER crosses your mind to steal a boat, consider these things first:
1.) A VERY high percentage of boat thefts are recovered (boat thieves are caught!), so don’t think YOU won’t get caught. Think about how lucky YOU are. Are you an unlucky person? You’ll get caught. Won the lottery? Maybe the odds are in your favor… Probably NOT.
2.) Do you like guns? Steal a boat and when you get caught you very likely won’t ever be able to legally touch one again, ever (comes with the felony conviction). No more pleasure shooting. No more gun hunting. No more personal protection… It follows you for the rest of your life. No cut-off for good behavior.
3.) Every time you apply for a job, it will come up. Think about trying to explain that one for the rest of your life.
4.) Every time somebody else does something wrong, guess who the authorities will think of first. That’s right, you.
5.) Chances are somebody is watching you and you just don’t know it.
This is not like stealing a can of snuff. Think about it. It’s a boat (LARGE object). You will very likely be seen.
I know these as facts from experience. One of my boats was stolen. The theft was witnessed. The police came. The thief was caught, my boat was recovered, and the thief was convicted. That simple.
Don’t take my word, though. Ask around what happens when you get a felony conviction, and how little it takes to get a felony conviction.
I know who the thief is and he will look over his shoulder for the rest of his life that he has now made incredibly miserable, however long or short that miserable life may be.
ORIGINAL POST ABOVE FROM FEBRUARY 2008.
POST EDITED JANUARY 2009 TO ADD A LITTLE SUBSTANCE.
CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK:
http://www.southernairboat.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14047&p=158971#p158971
- Rat :wink:
1.) A VERY high percentage of boat thefts are recovered (boat thieves are caught!), so don’t think YOU won’t get caught. Think about how lucky YOU are. Are you an unlucky person? You’ll get caught. Won the lottery? Maybe the odds are in your favor… Probably NOT.
2.) Do you like guns? Steal a boat and when you get caught you very likely won’t ever be able to legally touch one again, ever (comes with the felony conviction). No more pleasure shooting. No more gun hunting. No more personal protection… It follows you for the rest of your life. No cut-off for good behavior.
3.) Every time you apply for a job, it will come up. Think about trying to explain that one for the rest of your life.
4.) Every time somebody else does something wrong, guess who the authorities will think of first. That’s right, you.
5.) Chances are somebody is watching you and you just don’t know it.
This is not like stealing a can of snuff. Think about it. It’s a boat (LARGE object). You will very likely be seen.
I know these as facts from experience. One of my boats was stolen. The theft was witnessed. The police came. The thief was caught, my boat was recovered, and the thief was convicted. That simple.
Don’t take my word, though. Ask around what happens when you get a felony conviction, and how little it takes to get a felony conviction.
I know who the thief is and he will look over his shoulder for the rest of his life that he has now made incredibly miserable, however long or short that miserable life may be.
ORIGINAL POST ABOVE FROM FEBRUARY 2008.
POST EDITED JANUARY 2009 TO ADD A LITTLE SUBSTANCE.
CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK:
http://www.southernairboat.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14047&p=158971#p158971
- Rat :wink:
