[Charles Martel]

I'm pretty sure the drywall and flimsy computer room door would have contained an enraged bear. Well Billy, we're sorry your sick Granny was killed by a bear. Since the safety of a bear is more important than the safety of our patients, I'm sure you understand why we had to wait a couple hours until the proper capture and release personnel were available. But in the meantime, the bear got frustrated that he could not get out of the drywalled room he was in and simply went berzerk. Oh well, here's a lollipop to help you thru your loss. But be happy, the bear is safe and sound in his new habitat.

Lighten up, Francis.

I don't give a rat's ass about the bear's safety or well-being. My point is that those flimsy hospital walls are filled with things that don't react well to bullets. Furthermore, the article says nothing about the bear being "enraged", going "berserk" or trying to break out of the room and kill someone's sick grandmother. He might've just been in there raiding the IT guy's pick-a-nick basket.

I'm delighted that the threat was removed with relative ease, and I'm also very happy that the police did not accidentally cause a far greater catastrophe.

[Billthedrill]

You have a point, actually - shooting the bugger in a computer room isn't much of a problem - I do it all the time to users who forget their passwords - but discharging a firearm in a room with oxygen flowing is potentially a rather large problem for the occupants.

[SengirV]

OK OK. Calm down. take a deep breath and count to 10. I understand what you are saying and I was just giving a what if scenerio to counter the don't do it. I agree, if I were to list the best places to use a firearm, a hospital would not rank very high on the list.

I don't answer to Francis!!! Call me Psycho.