Posted on 04/29/2010 6:39:36 AM PDT by laotzu
This is predictable---one day after telling reporters that he shot and killed a coyote while jogging, Governor Perry has reaped the ire of animal rights groups, 1200 WOAI news reports.
"We just thought that he overreacted," said Wendy Ring of the animal rights group "Wild Earth Guardians. "He could of just said 'boo' and the coyote would have ran away."
Perry said he used a LASER-sighted .380 Ruger pistol to take down a coyote that was menacing his daughter's dog during an early morning jog near his rented home in west Austin.
Perry says the pistol is loaded with hollow point bullets, and he told the Associated Press that he takes it on his jogs because he's 'scared of snakes.'
"For him to react the way he did, and come out so macho, I think is absolutely ludicrous," Wing said.
Perry has a concealed handgun permit even though he is frequently surrounded by armed security guards, largely because of his early morning jobs.
"For instance, when I'm running, and when I'm hunting, and sometimes, those are the same," Perry said.
Campaign spokesman Mark Miner says Perry's actions were 'justified' and he was fully in compliance with laws governing the concealed carrying of handguns.
ROTFLMAO!
Doncha love it? So predictable!
I am sure the reporter ran straight to the animal rights sector in order to get some negative comments and a byline!
“hollow point bullets”
ooooo
skaaaaa weeee...
Stupid reporter. You carry with hollow points as a rule of thumb to keep from “overpenetrating your target” and hitting something behind it that you didn’t intend to destroy.
“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I’ll never know.” Grocho Marx
So the animal rights group has a problem with killing of a coyote, would they rather have Perry’s dog be ripped apart by the coyote? I guess some animals are more equal than others.
Wendy Ring of the animal rights group “Wild Earth Guardians. “He could of just said ‘boo’ and the coyote would have ran away.”
God I’m sick of these people. What a mindless idiot. Like saying boo to a wild, half starved (and possibly rabid) animal is going work.
That would be COULD HAVE or COULD'VE if you're speaking English.
In any case, it might be true that he could've said "boo" and it would have run away, it also might've (no, not "might of") run away and bitten a toddler, or another dog, or it might've been rabid.
*going to work* Sorry I was clubbing baby seals when I posted that.
Shooting a snake is kind of silly. If you have time to shoot and hit something that small using a pistol that you'll carry while jogging, you have time to step away from it [unless you're trapped in an enclosed space as in the silly "Snakes on a Plane"]. Still, I have no problem with him shooting a coyote or a snake if the situation justifies that action, as this one did.
Is that a pic of a coyote at the link?
Instead of “Boo” Should have been “BEEP,BEEP”
Been scaring off any coyotes recently?
Of course if the governor were a Rat, they would never have said a thing....but we all knew that.
Soon the cats began disappearing. Seems like the coyotes moved up and down the creek and had finally got to us.
Should have heard this “animal lover” suddenly demanding that the coyotes be hunted, or poisoned, or anything that will get rid of them. She went from chastising me for shooting a rattle snake in our yard to wanting to play Hitler to every coyote on earth.
I am sure the reporter ran straight to the animal rights sector in order to get some negative comments and a byline!
And if the reporters didn't have any "animal rights" contacts, the Perry people would probably be happy to provide a list.
IMHO, this is all just a big publicity stunt: a scam trying to make Perry look like a macho Texas grassroots T-Party conservative... which he ain't.
I say... good shooting!
Luckily nobody on the scene was a folk singer.
Apparently they taste like roadrunner!
“Gov Perry, your dog being attacked by coyotes and all, and I'm going to let you finish, but I just got to say that Taylor Mitchell had one of the greatest coyote attacks of ALL TIME, of ALL TIME!”
One should say ‘Boo’ and it’ll freeze for an instant. Then...
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