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Bear Attack Stopped With .45 ACP On Second Floor Of Motel [TN]
The Captain's Journal ^ | 12-27-2019 | HERSCHEL SMITH

Posted on 11/27/2019 5:15:34 AM PST by servo1969

Edited on 11/27/2019 5:22:01 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

He turned around, and looked. There, no more than 20 feet away, its feet on a tipped over trash can, was a huge black bear. The bear did not notice him immediately.

But Greg’s dog had come out, and peaked around the corner. It growled and emitted a bark, Grrrr..ru..ruff! The bear jumped over the downed trash can, landed with a Woof!, and charged directly at Greg.


(Excerpt) Read more at captainsjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: banglist; bear; gatlinburg; hst; kimber
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To: HighSierra5

21 posted on 11/27/2019 6:20:57 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: camle

sorry, wrong thread


22 posted on 11/27/2019 6:21:19 AM PST by camle (keep and open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: Rebelbase

Here’s another source for this story:

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2019/11/08/man-shoots-black-bear-outside-gatlinburg-motel/2528791001/


23 posted on 11/27/2019 6:22:07 AM PST by Bigg Red (WWG1WGA)
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To: servo1969
good story but poor writing

"Greg said: Oh f*ck! The .45 Kimber appeared in his hand and he was firing, ..."

What, like magically appeared?

24 posted on 11/27/2019 6:28:52 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: servo1969

I supplemented the bull nose rounds for my .45 ACP with rounds that look just like that. The extra expansion wouldn’t keep them from passing through a human body - just make the energy shock greater and the exit hole bigger...


25 posted on 11/27/2019 6:34:47 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: servo1969

There’s something to be said for Dutch loading. High expansion rounds at the top of the magazine, high penetration rounds further down...


26 posted on 11/27/2019 6:35:59 AM PST by null and void (Convicted spies are shot, traitors are hanged, saboteurs are subject to summary execution...)
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To: Mr. K

“What, like magically appeared?”

I’ve had a ported pistol but never teleported.


27 posted on 11/27/2019 6:38:38 AM PST by CrazyIvan (The Democrat party. A collaboration of Cloward-Piven and Dunning-Kruger.)
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To: KeyLargo

Thanks.


28 posted on 11/27/2019 6:44:25 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: GCFADG

Ok, please correct me if I’m wrong but I thought black bears were herbivores; at least that’s what I was always told about the black bears that live near the coast in SC.


29 posted on 11/27/2019 6:44:29 AM PST by MissEdie (I am South Carolina Strong.)
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To: Mr. K

If you had ever had serious training and developed muscle memory in drawing and firing you would understand. Once you perceive a threat it becomes reflex to draw and fire.


30 posted on 11/27/2019 6:46:14 AM PST by E.Allen
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To: servo1969

In the article, the expert states that he always carries full metal jacket when concerned about bears.

That is not the best advice from my reading on the subject. I am not a bear hunter, but having had a couple of close encounters I have researched the subject and the best bullet regardless of caliber is a hard cast flat nose.

Buffalo Bore recommends hard cast. John Limbaugh, the inventor and builder of the Limbaugh line of high powered revolvers for hunting big game has the same advice.

From one of Limbaugh’s web pages, a list of his favorite loads:

https://www.johnlinebaughcustomsixguns.com/writings/dissolving_the_myth.htm

I tried to copy this info but it scrambled so bad as to be unreadable.

Go to the very end of the web page for the info.

I carry hard cast in everything unless I expect to be in large crowds such as a shopping center.


31 posted on 11/27/2019 6:47:02 AM PST by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so terrible, so disgraceful, that the federal government can not make worse)
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To: newfreep

Never did figure out if Davy was three, or the bear was three.


32 posted on 11/27/2019 6:49:30 AM PST by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: GCFADG
Oh please.
Greg was not cited for shooting the bear. He was cited for reckless endangerment and unlawful discharge of a firearm.
I can't imagine a clearer case of self defense. The police seem to resent a mere citizen daring to defend himself in immediate circumstances rather than wait 10-15 minutes for their betters to show up, interrupt the bear's meal (him), shoot the bear, and the man's dog.

The bear would end up dead either way, but they didn't get to shoot him.

Someone must be punished for them not being in on the kill.

And they didn't get to shoot a dog, to (jack)boot.

33 posted on 11/27/2019 6:50:54 AM PST by null and void (Convicted spies are shot, traitors are hanged, saboteurs are subject to summary execution...)
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To: servo1969; Alaska Wolf; DCBryan1; Slings and Arrows; Doomonyou; napscoordinator; Shimmer1; ...
JBT Ping list

“Any police department (or university faculty, or military unit, etc.) is only as good as the worst psycho they tolerate.” ~ H/T RedStateRocker


34 posted on 11/27/2019 6:52:19 AM PST by null and void (Convicted spies are shot, traitors are hanged, saboteurs are subject to summary execution...)
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To: FreedomPoster
I can't honestly say if this happened at a motel in Atlanta he wouldn't have been charged for killing the bear. You shoot a bear in Georgia its like the end of the world. Its ridiculous but if a bear wanders into your yard here the DNR and cops will not remove it because its in its natural habitat. I would not shoot a bear for any reason unless maybe it was trying to steal the stars and bars. 😆
35 posted on 11/27/2019 6:53:34 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: MissEdie

That doesn’t help you if your name is Herb...

Besides bears are omnivores.


36 posted on 11/27/2019 6:54:04 AM PST by null and void (Convicted spies are shot, traitors are hanged, saboteurs are subject to summary execution...)
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To: chaosagent

Good question...but you mean the “b’ar”.

If I find my coonskin cap, I may have the answer...


37 posted on 11/27/2019 6:54:47 AM PST by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" - DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: null and void

Bingo.


38 posted on 11/27/2019 7:00:55 AM PST by TADSLOS (You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
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To: MissEdie

They’re omnivores, and eat anything/ anything.


39 posted on 11/27/2019 7:03:22 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: MissEdie

They are omnivores, but much less of a threat to humans than grizzlies.


40 posted on 11/27/2019 7:07:19 AM PST by GCFADG (A clean shaven man is half a tranny.)
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