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Hassin Bin Sober

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28. Well it was either a crime or self defense use of a fire arm.
Sat Mar 1, 2014, 11:59 AM
Mar 2014

I don't understand why this would be alerted. (well I do - someone thinks this makes gunners look bad)

The guy certainly wasn't hunting. So why is this and Outdoor life issue? Because he was on a snowmobile when he acted like an ass with his gun? If some asshole gets busted shooting out tires of parked cars are we going to send that to Automobile Enthusiasts group?

Guns in national parks is/was a BIG issue with the RKBA people, No? I seem to remember tooth and nail arguments over THIS very issue right HERE in this group. Now that someone did something stupid and embarrassing they want it locked?

To say the discussion of this legal or illegal use of a (presumably) legally carried fire arm belongs in outdoor group just because the victim was a moose is ludicrous. Wasn't animal attacks a one of the big reasons carry proponents used when they argued for guns in parks?

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I know nothing of mooses jollyreaper2112 Feb 2014 #1
SYG would imply gejohnston Feb 2014 #2
This doesn't conform to this group's SOP, IMO. And I hope the dude is killed next time. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #3
But if we had gun control - this would never have happened jpak Feb 2014 #4
I am happy to admit that I wish to hell he'd had no gun. nt NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #6
not even close gejohnston Feb 2014 #7
What should he have done? Travis_0004 Mar 2014 #16
wait for the moose to leave gejohnston Mar 2014 #18
That wasn't a full grown Moose. oneshooter Mar 2014 #20
I don't totally disagree with you Travis_0004 Mar 2014 #21
I actually agree with you on something, for a change. The snowmobiler was the aggressor Electric Monk Mar 2014 #22
in some states gejohnston Mar 2014 #23
In Texas it is a felony. oneshooter Mar 2014 #24
Seems like some of my information is dated gejohnston Mar 2014 #32
The fact that he left it wounded is what most disturbs me. ... spin Mar 2014 #35
I do. I value the life of a moose more than a human. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #19
The Holy Gunner was antagonizing a moose with moose-like calls jpak Mar 2014 #27
The moose was "Standing his ground"...too bad he wasn't armed as well... truebrit71 Feb 2014 #5
or treat him as an attacking wolf gejohnston Feb 2014 #8
I believe that the local "Operation Game Thief" should be involved. n/t oneshooter Feb 2014 #9
indeed gejohnston Feb 2014 #11
This guy's an idiot Pullo Feb 2014 #10
JPAK, are really this ignorant of the SOP? Jenoch Feb 2014 #12
Guntoters look to use their guns to solve problems jpak Feb 2014 #13
I'm not a guntoter, Jenoch Feb 2014 #14
Moost interesting. Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #17
If it's goose and geese, why isn't it...moose and meese? ileus Feb 2014 #15
This thread has been alerted on. krispos42 Mar 2014 #25
This was not hunting - this was self defense with a gun. jpak Mar 2014 #26
not self defense gejohnston Mar 2014 #31
Well it was either a crime or self defense use of a fire arm. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2014 #28
It wasn't alerted. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #33
What wasn't alerted? Then what is Krispos talking about in #25? Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2014 #37
I know a number of people who legally carry concealed as they mainly fear attacks by ... spin Mar 2014 #36
Big question is why was the dumbass carrying a firearm without a round chambered? ileus Mar 2014 #29
Clearly he wasn't the brightest mammal in the woods that day. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #30
I agree that it is wisest to carry a self defense pistol with a round chambered. ... spin Mar 2014 #34
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