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- From: jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Weapon for defense from cows
- Message-ID: <9211220321.aa29362@dec4ie.ieunet.ie>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 20:19:56 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Lotus Development Ireland
- Lines: 50
- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
- In-Reply-To: todd@reed.edu's message of 21 Nov 92 23: 34:54 GMT
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- My question is, what is a good weapon to carry in case we run into
- the nastier one's far from our vehicle? So far the recommendations are:
-
- Umm, I you won't like this, but I think you're over-reacting just a
- tad..
-
- Yes, I've been around plenty of cattle on the family ranch in colorado
- and I've carried various sorts of weaponry for various purposes (so
- I'm not on general principle opposed to carrying guns around), it's
- just that I feel your average steer/cow isn't something that requires
- shooting to discourage it, 12 gauge slugs notwithstanding. I also
- presume these are your cattle you're talking about - Animal control
- codes are very nice and all that but I can tell you for a fact that
- you're going to generate an EXTREME amount of bad feeling between
- yourself and your neighbors if you blast one of their bovines! I can
- just sort of picture the extreme scorn (to say nothing of anger) on
- the rancher's face as you tell him you felt really threatened by his
- bull and felt compelled to put 15 rounds into it! He'll probably also
- comment on your city origins at that point and strongly suggest you
- return there..
-
- NOW. You're probably feeling a little unfairly attacked at this point
- and I want to assure you that this isn't my intention. As you spend
- more time around the ferocious bovies, I think you and your wife will
- find they're more bluster than anything else (at the heart of even the
- fiercest beef lurks a desperate fear of all on two legs) and can be
- discouraged by a loud shout and a couple of aggressive stamps of the
- foot. I KNOW this advice sounds exceedingly thin in the face of an
- aggressive bull, so I'll make another suggestion to set your mind at
- ease - buy you and your wife a couple of .357 magnums with 4in.
- barrels. S&W and Ruger produce models that are very good value for
- money.
-
- The guns will be small and handy enough to carry around, yet capable
- of producing a substantial report (and, should the very very unlikely
- need to actually use it arise, good stopping power). When faced with
- a recalcitrant bull that a shout and aggressive stance will just NOT
- dissuade, walk up to it and fire a shot into the ground near its feet
- (do NOT fire at a glancing angle from a distance, the bullet may
- ricochet and kill someone - don't fire into the air for the same
- reason). I can guarantee you that said bull (or cow) will come very
- close to breaking the speed of sound at sea level. Should this not
- work, and I'm willing to bet that you and your wife will be pushing up
- the daisies from old age before cattle mutate to the stage where it
- doesn't, THEN you can feel fully justified in firing the next 5 rounds
- into its head. The rancher will probably thank you for killing a cow
- with BSE! ("mad cow disease").
-
- Jordan Hubbard (ex-moderator of rec.guns)
-