Posted on 12/24/2012 9:59:27 PM PST by Red Steel
Considering the size of the paw-prints in every mud-puddle on the edges of every Alaskan town and village ..... they need to be!
He's practicing the "studied befuddlement"/"deliberate bumbling" style perfected and deployed to formidable effect by President Eisenhower.
Eisenhower would stumble around an issue, look like a fool ....... and then send Dick Nixon down the hall to fire Sherman Adams.
Wife and I have taught in village schools, 338 win mag behind locked office door; teachers had the key. Reason every May, it was common to have young grizz stroll right down the road past the school play ground. Bear would stop and look the kids over; a few shots in air would send them on their way. Nobody thought twice about the gun there either.
Yeah, I gather .338 Win. Mag is about the entry-level bid for controlling grizzlies. Although that young Air Force man did stop a monster bear with a 7mm Mag at point-blank range. (He had an autoloader, took three rounds.)
Dad was stationed up at Murphy Dome in 1961, near Fairbanks. Told me a story about a bored airman who went for polar bears with an M-1 and milspec ball ammo. Man was never seen again. His gun was found in two pieces, fully discharged, in a patch of pink snow. End of story.
Many of my FB friends are urban/suburban liberals from my high school days, and like many FBers will post all kinds of stuff about the latest liberal cause du jour.
I’m surprised at how little I’ve heard from them about gun control in the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings...there was plenty about mourning the dead, some umbrage at the idea of arming teachers (mostly from those who were teachers themselves and weren’t willing to carry even if they could), but next to nothing about further gun control, evil assault weapons etc.. Makes me wonder.
“Full Discussion”: Code for an all or nothing ban.
To Hell with the Admin in Washington. I have said my peace.
Theye think the bear are their long lost relatives.
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