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TX - Governor Shoots Coyote While Jogging With His Dog

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a message for wily coyotes out there: Don't mess with my dog.

Perry says he needed just one shot from his laser-sighted pistol to take down a coyote that was menacing his dog during an early morning jog in an undeveloped area near Austin.

Perry told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he sometimes carries his pistol, loaded with hollow-point bullets, when he jogs on trails because he's scared of snakes. He'd also seen coyotes in that area.

When the coyote came out of the brush toward his daughter's Labrador retriever puppy on a February jog, he charged it and shot it with his .380 Ruger pistol.

Perry's warning: "Don't attack my dog or you might get shot ... if you're a coyote."
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http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/texas-gov-shoots-kills-499065.html.
 
"By this time I had taken my weapon out and charged it."

Maybe a real holster would be a good option so he could carry with one in the pipe.
 
Article says he was afraid of snakes. If I was worried about snakes I would have the first couple of rounds in snakeshot, then the hollow points.
Chuck
 
sportycliff said:
Maybe he meant the two legged kind?
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Like this guy:

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Just gotta love it. Our Governor would be curled up in a fetal position, soiling his underwear and crying like a baby
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Our governor can't even take a vacation without a MSP protective detail, so I doubt he would jog without one. Think of the loss of status if he was seen without an entourage.
 
strangenh said:
"By this time I had taken my weapon out and charged it."

Maybe a real holster would be a good option so he could carry with one in the pipe.
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I took it to mean he charged the coyote - i.e. moved to it - rather then charged the gun.
 
Bob P said:
I took it to mean he charged the coyote - i.e. moved to it - rather then charged the gun.
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"By this time I had taken my weapon out and charged it. It is now staring dead at me."

Could be. If so, that would upgrade me from a "Nicely done," to a "Heck, yeah!"
 
When Andrew Jackson was threatened, he didn't stop making speeches, surround himself with security, or rely on anyone else. He simply made a point to place his revolver on the lectern at the start of every speech.

Something has been seriously lost in our country. The stuff that makes a person great does not seem to exist in the leaders.
 
Chris said:
When Andrew Jackson was threatened, he didn't stop making speeches, surround himself with security, or rely on anyone else. He simply made a point to place his revolver on the lectern at the start of every speech.
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Or just wail the living f--k out of someone with his hickory stick. Let's face it.. we will never again see a president with the brass set that Jackson had. The man had several slugs in him from dueling and he never let that stop him from dishing out an ass-whooping to those whom crossed him.

Now, sadly we have girlie men leading us whom has never even shot a gun. [thinking]
 
Then there's this guy.........

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-moore/habeas-coyote-corpus_b_556279.html

The governor of Texas is a weinie. I can't reach any other conclusion after reading the report about him shooting a coyote that threatened his daughter's puppy. Rick Perry said that he was jogging on a hill country trail near where he lives in a rented home and the animal came out and threatened his little dawgie. Governor Gun pulled out a Ruger and sent the coyote to the big lonesome and empty prairie coyotes go to when governors gun them down.

But I've got some questions, your governorship.

First, I can say I've run thousands of miles on trails in Texas and I have never once thought of carrying a gun. Well, yeah, a squirt gun. I used to have a Doberman that came after me on a dirt road and I solved that by mixing some ammonia into water and putting it into a little squirt gun. Got the big dog in the eyeballs next time he came barking after me and when he saw me pass by a few days later he ran away more like a chicken than a dog. No shot fired in anger.

Perry said he carried the gun because he was afraid of snakes and that a number of people living in that area have lost pets to wild animals. Well, Governor Gun, that's the way nature is ordered. Big fish eat little fish. Wild animal eat domestic animal. You don't want your cat turned into a coyote hairball, keep it in the house. But afraid of snakes and you carry a gun? I don't know any trail runner under the Lone Star sky that hasn't come across a rattler or seven. And not one of them ever said, "Hey, I think I'll carry a gun and kill rattlers the next time." Unless you surprise a rattler, it's going to slither away real danged fast. And governor, I've seen you run; you aren't going to surprise a snake or a turtle.

Too much of yer yarn just doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense. Whenever I see you plodding around Lady Bird Lake, you generally have two DPS guys, but always at least one trailing you. Sometimes they run. Often they are on bikes. And they have guns. What the hell do you need a gun on a running trail for when you've got, according to the AP story, two DPS security guys running with you? Three guns and one coyote? That's just not an honorable way to handle these things governor, and not the way we do it in Texas.

And, although I've never done it, seems to me like running and carrying a gun has to be kind of uncomfortable. I read you were packing your pistol in a holster. I just find it odd that you put on the running shorts, the Nike shoes, a tee shirt, and a ball cap, and then strapped on your coyote widow maker. Who the hell does such a thing? And not just a regular ol' 380 Ruger. This baby has a laser sight. You're really scared, aren't you? Those nasty slithering, phallic things on the ground don't have a chance, do they? Seriously, you are so afraid of snakes that you armed yourself to go for a run? Aren't there some other unsettled issues that you aren't talking about here? Let me also add, be thankful for your Anglo-Saxon heritage. Being ethnic and running with a gun in Texas, on a trail or a road, might end up with a living creature other than an animal being shot.

There's something else. If this happened in February, why are you just now sharing this? It seems to me that you would have been a little excited the day you turned coyote killer and you might have mentioned it to a reporter or a political pal that could have let it slip to someone, somewhere. But nothing until two months later? Sorry, sounds a little too neat. And if you were trying for the tough guy image, whacking a coyote isn't really gonna do that for you. Nor is packin' heat cuz you are afraid of things that go slither in the sun. I guess I have to say I don't believe your story. I need testimony or signed witness statements from your two backup gunmen in the DPS. That might convince me.

Or let's just do this by the books. The law books. If you were accused of being a coyote killer, the law would have to respond to habeas corpus and bring up the body to prove someone had been killed. Or you'd have to be cut loose to deal with more snakes. But let me turn that around on you. Prove you killed a coyote. Habeas coyote corpus. Ah, but you can't produce a body because the critter has been gone for two months. You said he's "mulch."

So's your story, Governor Gun.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry honored with new 'Coyote Special' pistol after gunning down 'wily' critter
Texas Gov. Rick Perry became a hero to coyote killers everywhere last month when he boasted that he had shot down a coyote that was threatening his dog. Now, Perry's admirers can own a piece of the legend.

Gun manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Co. is paying tribute to Perry with a "Coyote Special" edition of the handgun the governor says he used to kill the varmint. The weapon comes in a box labeled "For Sale to Texans Only."

Perry himself has one of the pistols. His spokeswoman, Allison Castle, said Perry "thinks it's a great gun," but she would not tell The Associated Press whether Perry bought it himself or received it as a gift.

The base price for a "Coyote Special" is about $340, but serious sharpshooters can fork over about $180 extra for a laser sight -- a pinpointing tool Perry says he used against the coyote.

"Everybody's been looking at these and they've been selling pretty good," said Pete Gaoana, who sells guns at Sharp Shooters Knife & Gun in Lubbock, Texas.

Perry told The Associated Press that he killed the coyote with one shot in February, while he was jogging with his daughter's Labrador puppy. He said he carries the pistol on jogs to defend himself against snakes.

"Don't attack my dog or you might get shot ... if you're a coyote," he warned.



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