[driftdiver]

His biggest problem is he was in the Everglades which generally prohibit firearms, like most nation and state parks.

Still I doubt he’ll be prosecuted by the local police.

[MichaelP]

He wasn't in Everglades National Park. He was in Copeland, an island community next to Marco Island.

Mike

[marktwain]

Officials doubt the gator will be recovered after it was seriously injured or killed when Daniels shot it.

“As a result, it is unlikely we will ever locate or recover this alligator,” FWC spokeswoman Gabriella Ferraro said in an e-mail. “There is also a swift current which has likely taken the live, wounded, or dead gator miles downstream by now.”

Daniels, who pulled Webb from the canal after the alligator released her from its grip, said he pulled a .22 caliber rifle from his truck and fired a shot into the reptile’s right eye. Daniels had been returning home to Port Charlotte when he happened to drive by Webb’s State Road 29 home as the attack happened.

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/sep/01/alligator-margaret-webb-dwain-daniels-amputated-co/

[Jed Eckert]

His biggest problem is he was in the Everglades which generally prohibit firearms, like most nation and state parks.

I believe it's now legal to carry concealed in National Parks. IIRC the changes were introduced during the Bush administration and signed into law by Hussein circa 2009-2010