Posted on 06/26/2019 4:42:12 AM PDT by marktwain
Alexander Burton is a well known Registered Professional Geologist and Professional Engineer. He has been active in the field since obtaining his degree in Geology in 1954. He has worked professionally in Australia, numerous African countries, Canada, several Central and South American countries, China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Russia, and the United States.
During his more than six decade long career, he worked in several remote locations in British Columbia and the Yukon.
He obtained his first pistol, a Colt 357, with a six-inch barrel, in 1955. He holds an Authority to Carry (ATC) and an Authority to Transport (ATT) from the Canadian government, to openly carry a revolver while working in the field. The revolver must be carried openly and is to be used only to “save human life.”
During his career, he used revolvers in defense against bears on several occasions. I interviewed him in June of 2019. During the interviews, he recalled those incidents and explained the circumstances.
What follows is a synopsis of the defensive uses, from my notes. Alex was kind enough to check my work as a precaution against inaccuracies.
Highland Valley, British Columbia
The first defensive shooting occurred in the Highland Valley camp of the Noranda mines in British Columbia. Alex was working for their exploration subsidiary in September of 1956 or 1957. In spite of instructions, the people at the camp had created a garbage dump much too close to the camp, only a couple of hundred yards away from the dwellings. Some bears had been feeding on the garbage and had become acclimated to humans.
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Alex Burton was prepared,and did not suffer any injuries.
Do you feel lucky, Ursa? Well, do ya?
Alex is a remarkable man.
He is approaching his 90th birthday, and is up in B.C., Canada, working on his Molybdenum claims. He said he will be back in a couple of weeks.
Canadian gun laws. BS.
You might find this interesting.
Best wishes on you adventures this September as well.
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
There are about 8 bears presently roaming around our place - 75 miles from NYC. The warden trapped one and took it away. He brought the trap back and it sat here a week with no luck. The trap has since been moved to a location about half a mile away. Between the two locations yesterday and female with two large yearling cubs knocked over garbage that had just been put out for Tuesday pick up. My husband has shot into the air with a 357 which didn’t do much to impress the bears and only got one to move off by shooting into a tree that the bear was standing behind.
75 Miles from NYC could be any of about 5 states. The gun laws vary from Not too Bad (PA) to Utterly Horrible (NJ).
Loved this series as a kid. Sgt Preston and Yukon King.
“He holds an Authority to Carry (ATC) and an Authority to Transport (ATT) from the Canadian government...”
How about Authority to Think About (ATTA). Authority to Look at in Store (ATLAINS), Authority to Buy (ATB), Authority to Possess (ATP), Authority to Buy Ammunition (ATBP), Authority to Continue to Possess (ATCTP) etc.?
Shove your “authority”.
“Alex admonished the bear not to disturb his sleep”
Bad bear.
The only good bear is a dead bear. That saying goes for a lot of organisms.
Was that first bear a black bear or a griz?
Shove your “authority”.
Lol, I’ve spent a lot of time in the Yukon Territory and British Columbia. I was quite amazed at the average “Citizen” I encountered. On a bumper sticker...….”they Love Government”.
Man, that was the coolest.
Lions eat a lot of Africans. Should they have the same policy that you have towards that animal too? Should lions be eradicated?
It is curious. You can get permission to carry where there are bears. In reality very few people are killed by bears. There are cities in Canada where it is MUCH more risky but for some reason you can’t get permission to defend yourself there.
This should bring back memories of the radio show. (not sure about the TV series)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QAszol-yoo
Gun laws are the “canary in the mine” for telling of government tyranny.
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