oh Texas

[threeplusfire]

This is and is not normal here

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.

We do have coyotes and they are often bad business. However, most of us do not jog with Rugers full of hollow points and equipped with laser sights. THAT is the ridiculous part. And seriously, you need a laser sight on your handgun cause you're afraid of snakes? SERIOUSLY? Maybe you should just jog in boots instead. I'm fairly certain even I can outrun a snake, and a hand cannon is just not an appropriate weapon for killing snakes.

Comments

[brienze.livejournal.com]

Wellll... a snake is a reasonably small target. OTOH if you're close enough to aim, it's probably already too late.

[alainn-sorcha.livejournal.com]

Maybe you should just jog in boots instead.

Or on a treadmill.

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

I wonder what the cost comparison between that Ruger and, say, a fence might look like.

[eroticcakejob.livejournal.com]

Dude, get a freaking treadmill.

[ladypeculiar.livejournal.com]

a hand cannon is just not an appropriate weapon for killing snakes.

Seriously, you need an Uzi for those buggers!

[splix.livejournal.com]

I was going to say a flamethrower, but an Uzi would probably work okay too.

[ladypeculiar.livejournal.com]

I like your style.

[splix.livejournal.com]

;)

I don't get this post.

[genetic.livejournal.com]

I'm not a Perry fan. I don't agree with randomly killing things for sport. And yes, laser sights on a carry pistol may be sort of silly. And yeah, he's not carrying the damned thing for snakes.

But this post is about none of this. This post is about mocking the guy for carrying a pistol on a jog and happening to be in appropriate situation to use it. A .380 is not a hand cannon. .380 is on the low-powered side of self-defense loads.

In the Texas I'm proud to be from, if a 5'1" woman shot an attacking 6'6" serial rapist on a jogging path, we'd celebrate her. A 6' (or whatever, I have no idea) man carries for no less legitimate a reason (as the article states, he had no security detail on his jog). Regardless of how much of a douchebag governor the man may be*.

* Yes, I agree with restrictions on douchebags with a history of violent crime, such as the aforementioned 6'6" serial rapist. Unfortunately, Rick Perry's threat to humanity probably exceeds his ability to shoot people/coyotes with his .380, an M-16, or a "hand cannon," whatever that may be (though I hear .454 is good against grizzly bears. .380 apparently just pisses them off more).

Re: I don't get this post.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

You'll have to forgive me, but I find using a gun on a snake often excessive. But that's a personal quirk perhaps.

My annoyance with the entire situation is that it became a news story at all and why oh why did he have to say he was carrying for fear of snakes? Because it all makes us look stupid.

Re: I don't get this post.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Also, I can't remember where the hand cannon reference came from, but I probably stole it from John Kelso.