>
>>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 06:37:35 -0700, "raykeller"
>>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Wyoming: Another Successful Handgun Defense against a Grizzly
>>>>>> Gun Watch ^ | 18 June, 2018 | Dean Weingarten
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Posted on 6/18/2018, 4:21:19 AM by marktwain
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On May 31, 2018, about two o'clock in the afternoon, 23-year-old Noah Kolis
>>>>>> was guiding three friends from Chicago. They started at his boyhood home
>>>>>> near Cora, Wyoming. His dog, a Chesapeake-Lab mix, was with them. They were
>>>>>> heading to some rock formations. Noah was carrying his 460V Smith & Wesson
>>>>>> revolver. Two other men in the party were carrying bear spray.
>>>>> Any handgun is *very* marginal for a big bear, especially
>>>>> if it's out to get you. However the .460 Mag is gonna be one
>>>>> of the best options if all you have is a handgun.
>>>>>
>>>>> Admittedly it's kinda awkward to carry around a big-bore
>>>>> rifle all day, especially just on the extreme CHANCE some
>>>>> bear might wanna eat you. So, I guess the handgun is a
>>>>> more rational choice here.
>>>>>
>>>> handgun is persuasive enough ... WITH PROPER PLACEMENT , which is not
>>>> always possible . A couple in the chest cavity will end him(her) , but
>>>> maybe not before he(she) ends you . I was talking to the neighbor a
>>>> couple of days ago , he said we have a mama (black) bear and (IIRC) 3
>>>> cubs hangin' out in the area . Not a problem as long as they leave my
>>>> bee hives alone (they're inside an electric fence to protect them from
>>>> bears ...) .
>>>
>>> Big..big difference between blacks and Grizz. 400+ pounds and at
>>> least 2 feet in height and length.
>>>
>>>
>>black bears , and they can do plenty of damage too .
>
>Yep..blacks can do plenty of damage..they can f*ck up your day..
>Grizz...can f*ck up your whole week.
>
>Unless you have had dealings with both...you may think you
>know...but..you really dont.
>
>I grew up with nice fat black bears in Michigan. Then I went to the
>NWT. Whoa! Big bad assed bears!! Afraid of not a f****ng thing. >
>Thats when I started toting a 375 H&H when out in the bush.
>
>Gunner
>
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Where'd you get the money? Or did you steal the hand gun?
After all, 60 or so years later and you still can't pay your taxes but when a little bitty kid you had money to buy a pistol?