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If this was as bad as you believe, there would be 5,000 murders a day. Most of the crime is for money, for taking over territory, domestic violence, organized crime or the occasional nutbag that wants to do a mass murder. If the government really wanted to stop crime they would keep criminals in jail and do "stop and frisk." It's rarely legally purchased firearms.
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No disrespect to others who view things differently. That’s just my $.02. |
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Yeah to each their own. I have a Glock 20 and a Glock 29 for bad things with two legs and my .500 with a chest holster for hairy forest creatures, with big teeth. If I'm in deep brush with lots of grizzly's around, when I'm out fly fishing, I bring my Marlin 45/70 guide rifle, loaded up with Garrett 540 Superhardcast hammerhead rounds. Garrett makes some incredible ammo. They don't give it away, but I'm not sending it downwind at paper. It will definitely get the job done. https://www.garrettcartridges.com/4570540tech.html
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Ron White tells a good story about a park ranger in Alaska that killed the biggest one ever seen. I've posted it on The Planet before and someone posted the link to the actual news story about it. Ole Ron gets some of the details wrong but the size of the bear, who shot it and what he shot it with are all correct. Enjoy.
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![]() That was good but you might want to put a NSFW tag on it.
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Hey frozenchief and Bwana,
Have you guys ever actually encountered a bear out there? Any good stories?
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That's debatable. Most of these active-shooter's are going after helpless targets. They're not in the 75th Rangers.
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I have both the BB and the Underwoods. I think I like the Underwoods more. Or, the gun does. Slightly less recoil and seem a bit more accurate. But yeah, penetration is key. Gotta break some big bones to stop a grizz, from everything I've read and everything I've been told by a couple experts.
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We had to be careful with garbage in the summer so we didn’t attract bears. Had a truck with a canopy on it and it was common to see paw prints on the truck the morning after I took the garbage to the dump. And I always saw them at the dump. I go fishing every year still in SW Alaska. Each week we go fishing we see lots of bears. I’ve watched 2 males fight over a fishing spot. Front row seat to Ali-Foreman, if you will. I used to take my son when he was younger. One year he was on the other side of a smaller creek and we were working the water. His side of the river had a small band of rocks/sand right by the river where he was standing. Right next to that the ground cover was tall grass. Decent sized bear poked his head out of the grass about 5 feet away from my son. I told him to just remain calm. The bear looked at us for a few (LONG) seconds and then disappeared back into the grass. Walking back down a river one day we saw 2 sows, 1 with 2 cubs and 1 with 1. They were on a sand bar and we needed to get past them but they did not like us being there. The larger sow kept pacing back and forth, grunting and snapping her jaws and looking at us. There were three of us - me, my son, and the guide. The guide and I both had our pistols out but we walked slowly on the other side of the river, not looking at them and talking low. They backed up a bit and let us pass. I’ve done float trips in SW Alaska and 2x had bears try to get in the camp in the middle of the night. Had to fire warning shots into the river to scare them away. One of my favorite memories comes from one of those float trips. Last night of the trip, we got into silver salmon (coho) and the fishing was great. We had set up our tents on a sand bar and were cooking the salmon. We had 2x baked potatoes and were dredging the salmon in butter and blackening them. We had brought wine and we were cooking dinner at 10:00 at night because the sun was still up. On the other side of the river, the ground rose in a gentle hill and there was a decent sized bear just rolling around on the hill. He wasn’t close, maybe 50-60 yards away and he was not concerned with us at all. But we sat around the fire eating salmon caught 10 minutes before, salmon still bright and silver from the ocean, even bearing sea lice (small parasite that cannot live in fresh water, so the salmon was super fresh) and watched that bear roll around and stand up and. From all appearances, it was just having fun. All told, I estimate I’ve seen > 500 brown bears in the Alaska wilderness. They are far smarter than you realize. When you see them, you know they are thinking, far more than the smartest dog you’ve ever met. They do stink - they smell like wet dog and shit and rotting salmon. But they’re unbelievably magnificent creatures. Just maintain respect. |
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