Bear Attacks: What About High Capacity Magazines?
BY Herschel Smith
11 years, 4 months ago
CNN:
… a 12-year-old girl jogging in Michigan is among the latest victims in a spate of bear attacks that have left seven people mauled in five states since Thursday.
Abby Wetherell was out on her nightly jog when she was ambushed by a black bear Thursday outside her home in Cadillac, Michigan. She tried to run at first, but, “It just took me down,” she told CNN’s Piers Morgan Live.
“It clawed me and it was growling,” she said. “It was scary.”
Eventually, she said, she played dead, hoping it would go away. It did, but not before inflicting cuts and scrapes to her face and deep gashes on her legs that required dozens of stitches.
“I just thought I was going to die,” she said. “It was very terrifying.”
After the bear left, Abby ran toward a neighbor’s house, screaming for help. The bear came after her once again, but neighbors were able to scare it away, she said.
Her father, Chris Wetherell, heard her screams and ran out of the house with a gun, but the animal was gone by then, he said.
Authorities also reported attacks in Alaska, Colorado, Wyoming and Idaho …
“The common belief that surprising a mother bear with cubs is the most dangerous kind of black bear encounter is inaccurate, the University of Calgary said in a summary of the study. “Instead, lone male black bears hunting people as a potential source of food are a greater cause of deadly maulings and related predatory attempts.
Other recent incidents include:
A hunter mauled by a bear in Alaska survived 36 hours in the remote wilderness before rescuers found him using night-vision goggles, the Alaska National Guard said Saturday.
A bear clawed its way into a tent and bit a sleeping camper on her arm Thursday night, CNN affiliate KCNC reported.
Two hikers at Yellowstone National Park were injured Thursday after the encountered a female grizzly bear and a cub. The sow charged the hikers, leaving claw and bite marks on one, park officials said.
Two habitat technicians collecting data in Shotgun Valley, Idaho, were injured Thursday when a grizzly bear charged, the Jackson Hole Daily reported.
Or how about 15 stray dogs in Houston, Texas, mauling a woman, or maybe 8 or 9 dogs in Fargo, North Dakota and the man they mauled? Hey, smart boy, tell me the story one more time about how we don’t need high capacity magazines. It’s my favorite fairy tale.
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On August 21, 2013 at 8:10 am, Rich said:
You don’t need thirty rounds. Line up all 15 assailants and use one shot to get all of them with your 7 round magazine in NY.
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