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I watch the National Geographic Channel a lot and I'm always stunned by the number of numbnuts in the world who go out in the middle of nowhere without any means of defending themselves. And they're constantly being attacked; by bears, by cougars, wolves, even hippos. I don't know what the gun control laws are in Kenya and South Africa, but if I were out in the middle of the wilds, especially in Alaska or Africa, I'd want to have a pretty decent sidearm, even if it was a .357 magnum. I wouldn't expect to drop a hippo with a peashooter like that, but shooting one betwixt the eyes repeatedly might get its attention. Beats a paddle, leastways.
But whatever a person carries, they should carry something, shouldn't they? I've noticed that the vast majority of attackees have been yuppie types. They have their little digital cameras and their bug spray and they probably vote (removed)if they're Americans.
The good Lord gave just about every animal on Earth some sort of defense, both from enemies and from the elements, but He didn't seem to give man anything except a tan and some intelligence. Unfortunately, some men immediately enact laws banning just about any sort of reasonable defense other men might devise to protect themselves. Even when such laws are absent, many American yuppies are conditioned to be adverse to weapons, which kind of lowers them a few notches on the food chain, if you get my drift. Especially amusing (and tragic) was the fellow who decided to go for an evening walk in Alaska without so much as a toenail file for protection. He got eaten by wolves. But what did he expect? Nice doggies?
One fellow whose girlfriend turned out to be a snack for a big black bear did, to his credit, have a 4-inch locking blade knife. He managed to fight off the bruin with both he and the bear sustaining some painful injuries. (But it shows what even a minimal weapon can do. It beats fingernails!)
I've heard that most park rangers will turn a blind eye at folks who discreetly carry handguns in national parks. But even that won't do anyone any good if they think they don't need 'em.
Comments?
Bear attack victims. Above, 30-year-old Li Guoxing received a new upper lip, cheek and nose from a brain-dead donor to repair injuries sustained after an attack by a black bear.
No, dear, I'm not seeing anyone else....
[Removed ankle photo....probable shotgun blast.]
But whatever a person carries, they should carry something, shouldn't they? I've noticed that the vast majority of attackees have been yuppie types. They have their little digital cameras and their bug spray and they probably vote (removed)if they're Americans.
The good Lord gave just about every animal on Earth some sort of defense, both from enemies and from the elements, but He didn't seem to give man anything except a tan and some intelligence. Unfortunately, some men immediately enact laws banning just about any sort of reasonable defense other men might devise to protect themselves. Even when such laws are absent, many American yuppies are conditioned to be adverse to weapons, which kind of lowers them a few notches on the food chain, if you get my drift. Especially amusing (and tragic) was the fellow who decided to go for an evening walk in Alaska without so much as a toenail file for protection. He got eaten by wolves. But what did he expect? Nice doggies?
One fellow whose girlfriend turned out to be a snack for a big black bear did, to his credit, have a 4-inch locking blade knife. He managed to fight off the bruin with both he and the bear sustaining some painful injuries. (But it shows what even a minimal weapon can do. It beats fingernails!)
I've heard that most park rangers will turn a blind eye at folks who discreetly carry handguns in national parks. But even that won't do anyone any good if they think they don't need 'em.
Comments?
Bear attack victims. Above, 30-year-old Li Guoxing received a new upper lip, cheek and nose from a brain-dead donor to repair injuries sustained after an attack by a black bear.
No, dear, I'm not seeing anyone else....
[Removed ankle photo....probable shotgun blast.]
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