[smokingfrog]

Did the cop have a hunting license? I doubt it. And aren’t there laws about discharging weapons inside the city?

[TigersEye]

I think cops are allowed to discharge weapons in the city. They're supposed to file a report about it though. lol

I was wrong about him using a pistol though. At the bottom of the article the letter from the chief says he used a shotgun. I was going by the caption under the pic which said "Boulder Police Officer Sam Carter poses with the elk he shot with his service gun while on duty. (credit: CBS)" I wrongly assumed that "service gun" meant his pistol.

[DesertRhino]

Used a shotgun, and yes there are. And cops are allowed to use one in the city to destroy an injured animal. This one had a hurt leg. And if he took the meat, it’s almost a guarantee he got permission of game and fish, otherwise you would have already heard of them taking some sort of action. Game wardens cut nobody any slack,,,ever.
Trusting the news coming out of Boulder is like,,,, well, trusting the news coming out of Boulder.