Food For Thought
Keep these two quotes (both, incidentally, from Oregon), and their circumstances, in mind as you finish preparing comments to the Department of Interior on their proposal to restore the right of self defense in our national parks.
Now my eyes were locked on a crouching cougar on the opposite hill as I reloaded my 20 gauge with the biggest shot size I had with me–copper-coated number sixes. These weren’t quite the slugs I was to have carried. Right then I felt under-gunned and pretty dumb for not following through on my intuition.
Here’s a picture of that cougar. . .and you can read all about the writers encounter with him and his companion over at Gun Dogs Magazine
“And I’m really glad I had that gun.”
That’s Joshua McKim and the 400 pound cinnamon colored black bear that attacked him as he was mushroom picking with his family.
When the bear just up the hill roared, Joshua McKim’s first thought was that he had never heard a bear make a sound like that.
His second thought, almost instantaneous with the first, was that he was awfully glad he had brought his pistol on this mushroom-picking trip.
When he first glimpsed the bear through the thick brush, McKim had cocked the hammer on the .45 caliber semi-automatic Taurus, a copy of the famous 1911-model Colt.
The bear didn’t move.
Luckily, he was the one the bear attacked, as he was the only member of his group that carried a gun afield that day.
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Makes you think about the effectiveness of a pistol doesn’t it. A 45 only got one bullet through to the lung.
I thought a 1911 only held 8 shots. Guess the Taurus variation was a double stack.
Comment by Ron — June 11, 2008 @ 3:59 pm
Actually, my Colt only held 7 rounds (plus one in the Chamber). With Chip McCormick Power Mags, I can hold 8+1.
But, thats what he had. Article states
Comment by Countertop — June 11, 2008 @ 10:07 pm
Take this! All you California politician who think mere mortals don’t need magazines bigger than 10 rounds.
May all you vote-shagging @$$es find you need one more round to drop the bear before it supplies you with a full-length zipper for your birthday suits.
I’m in a good mood today, I’m just feeling particularly oppressed by my elected public servants.
Comment by Windy Wilson — June 12, 2008 @ 5:03 pm
Stupid black bears can’t even manage being “black” correctly!
Comment by Sigivald — June 12, 2008 @ 6:06 pm