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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: shooter32 on April 28, 2010, 08:58:04 AM
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Texas gov. shoots, kills 'wily' coyote during jog
Writer Jim Vertuno, Associated Press Writer – Tue Apr 27, 7:55 pm ET
AUSTIN, Texas – Pistol-packing Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a message for wily coyotes out there: Don't mess with my dog.
Perry told The Associated Press on Tuesday he needed just one shot from the laser-sighted pistol he sometimes carries while jogging to take down a coyote that menaced his puppy during a February run near Austin.
Perry said he will carry his .380 Ruger — loaded with hollow-point bullets — when jogging on trails because he is afraid of snakes. He'd also seen coyotes in the undeveloped area.
When one came out of the brush toward his daughter's Labrador retriever, Perry charged.
"Don't attack my dog or you might get shot ... if you're a coyote," he said Tuesday.
Perry, a Republican running for a third full term against Democrat Bill White, is living in a private house in a hilly area southwest of downtown Austin while the Governor's Mansion is being repaired after a 2008 fire. A concealed handgun permit holder, Perry carries the pistol in a belt.
"I knew there were a lot of predators out there. You'll hear a pack of coyotes. People are losing small cats and dogs all the time out there in that community," Perry said.
"They're very wily creatures."
On this particular morning, Perry said, he was jogging without his security detail shortly after sunrise.
"I'm enjoying the run when something catches my eye and it's this coyote. I know he knows I'm there. He never looks at me, he is laser-locked on that dog," Perry said.
"I holler and the coyote stopped. I holler again. By this time I had taken my weapon out and charged it. It is now staring dead at me. Either me or the dog are in imminent danger. I did the appropriate thing and sent it to where coyotes go," he said.
Perry said the laser-pointer helped make a quick, clean kill.
"It was not in a lot of pain," he said. "It pretty much went down at that particular juncture."
Texas state law allows people to shoot coyotes that are threatening livestock or domestic animals. The dog was unharmed, Perry said.
Perry's security detail was not required to file a report about the governor discharging a weapon, said Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Tela Mange.
"People shoot coyotes all the time, snakes all the time," Mange said. "We don't write reports."
The governor left the coyote where it fell.
"He became mulch," Perry said.
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Our Governor would probably just sit in the Escalade while his security detail did the exercise for him...
Or, hold up the dog as a shield.....
Or, run like a little girl.....screaming, flailing his arms, pooping his pants......
Have I said GO TEXAS lately?
;)
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Ruger .380
*Nice ;)
"He became mulch," Perry said.
*Now there's your comment of the day ;D
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Ruger .380
*Nice ;)
"He became mulch," Perry said.
*Now there's your comment of the day ;D
+1
Crusader
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— loaded with hollow-point bullets —
::)
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I can hear the idiots at PETA typing as I read this! As a father, it is great to see he saved himself from injury or worse. Also, he did not have to tell his daughter her dog died.
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Now Perry needs to get behind the TX anti-illegal immigration bill. So far he's hiding behind political double talk.
Asked about the Arizona law, GOP Gov. Rick Perry and his Democratic challenger, Bill White, emphasized through spokespeople that immigration is a federal responsibility.
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/Rep-Wants-AZ-Immigration-Law-in-Texas-92305354.html
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Well, I feel a little less under gunned when I have to carry my LCP now :D
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I smell political BS. Story may be true, but the timing of the release is trying to shore up conservative support while he dobulespeaks on immigration to not enflame the hispanics.
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Road Runner: 1
Wily Coyote: 0
;D
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Things that are hard to believe....
1. Perry's security detail would let him get away by himself without someone close by to keep watch.
2. Perry carries a .380 as a "snake gun".
3. Anything that comes out of Perry's mouth. ::)
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"People shoot coyotes all the time, snakes all the time," Mange said. "We don't write reports."
OK. Good shooting.
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Good for him, I wish more senators would shoot the curs that come at them in their job.
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It was better than Jimma Carter's rabbit, or Mit Romney's "small varmints" I guess. Still, even I will say Palin is laughing at him. ;D
FQ13
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Palin is laughing with him. I don't know, story kind of warms the heart. When was the last time a president or governor protected himself or herself while in office? Let alone, carries a firearm? I like it. ;D
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Do you think Ruger will approach Perry for a testimonial?
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Probably if Ruger mad a nice donation to his coffers.
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Or Crimson Trace ;D
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Do you think Ruger will approach Perry for a testimonial?
Or Crimson Trace ;D
See here:
http://www.downrange.tv/blog/?p=3078
Shameless ;D
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It gives him a better image than Bob Dole and the Viagra ads.
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It gives him a better image than Bob Dole and the Viagra ads.
;D