[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

The women was wrong to use her gun. A cop on the phone would have protected her kids just fine. < /sarcasm >

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Ping!

[mountaineer]

''Alligators are protected by law because they are on a list of animals of special concern,'' said Hill, adding the commission supervises alligator harvesting activities in the fall. These hunts are to help reduce alligator populations in certain lakes throughout the state.

Seems to me she was doing the commission a favor. She reduced the alligator population without spending one cent of taxpayers' money. If the state is trying to reduce the alligator population, what the heck does "special concern" mean, anyway?

[glock rocks]

i would hope she could use her 20 hours of community service time
to document proper alligator dressing methods as well as her recipes.

[Consort]

[Sungirl]

I hate to break the news to this ignorant woman...but the alligators will be back. They always wander to other streams and creeks esp during mating season. SHe should of done what other people do when you find a gator in your garage or yard or pond......you call the wildlife dept and they come right out and capture it and relocate it. This is not a reason to justify killing it....thae gator doesnt' know any better....this ignorant woman should know better...but then we are dealing with a hunter mentality. (See South Park) I will bet you any money that the gators were there before her house was built.....she should pay big time.

[alnick]

''Alligators are protected by law because they are on a list of animals of special concern.''

Well, I think that human children are of more special concern.

[badfreeper]

Wouldn't a fenced-in yard be a good idea if you live in alligator country and have small kids?

[CWRWinger]

"...officers then interviewed one of the Browns' children..."

The Fish and Wildlife police will stop at nothing to destroy a family. The court which prosecuted the Browns is not a just court. They are probably more concerned with citzens using a gun in self defense than any stupid alligator.