TX Governor runs with a pistol...

Charming Charlie wrote:

I'm a Texan. I run with knives. I've never heard of anyone running with a gun either.

I run w/ scissors ---that makes me the biggest bad ass.

Realize that some of the biggest macho dudes are really fake sissy fags with bodyguards to back up their talk.

I would probably bring a gun if I had to do a lot of my running in the third world.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. this brought out the LR in so many of yall. how did the thread not end after the quoted post below?! these guys talking about running trails with bears and snakes and coyotes (what habitat is that by the way???) and how they never once thought about using a gun... instead of you being a toughguy perhaps youre just an idiot. some of this has been mentioned throughout posts but here is what matters: (1) if you saw bears on many of your runs, you wouldnt be alive to post on here... unless maybe you had a gun [aka youre a liar] (2) you cant just throw a stick or rock at a snake and make it move... clearly youre from NJ and are throwing them at those miniature copperheads yall have [not to say throwing a rock at these is poor judgement, just that it won't move a rattler] (3) coyotes eat your dogs!! it is what they do!! i agree they may be flighty when it is just you running [visualizing the kid who said he screams at dogs and it "usually" ends there]i hope you all read this. i may miss a few but i'd like to extend a sincere "you're welcome" from Championdaily, Moe's Tavern, and myself [and wejo for not bashing the idea of a gun] for providing the only sound posts on this thread.disclaimer: i, myself, have never run with a gun. i never ran more than a couple miles at a time until college so there wasnt really a need. i also believe this is almost certainly a PR stunt. further, hollow points?! really?!lastly: jet pack comment made me laugh hard and reminded me of the good ol' cartoons... not this bs on today haha

Championdaily wrote:

Wow. There's sooooooo many tough guys on LR today.

Really? You run in an area with mountain lions, bears, and Sasquatch? How about 40-foot pythons? La Chupacabra? Whatever. Even if you do, what is your fvcking deal? Why would it bother you even 1% if this guy doesn't like taking his chances with wild animals? You don't care about that measly old coyote any more than you care about that earthworm you trampled while running your precious bear-infested trails this morning. LR, is your only source of enjoyment ripping the guv to shreds because he killed one particularly dumb animal? Maybe it's fake, but if not, give the guy a break. If he wants to kill a coyote, he should be able to kill it.

And if that pesky Grizzly on your trails wants to eat you, let it.

I'm sure someone else has said it, but don't they have rocks in TX? Chuck a rock at the coyote or snake, and the issue is probably resolved.

Has anybody on this board heard of rabid animals? They don't give a f*** about your yelling, trying to look scary, your knives or your rocks.

what did you use to kill it Napoleon?

jad wrote:

what did you use to kill it Napoleon?

^LOL

there seems to be much debate concerning whether Perry is a pansy or tough guy for shooting the coyote.

How about we let the RHCP's weigh in on this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_9--RsaNmc

I, too, call BS on the story. The article I read indicated he was using a laser sight on his .380 auto, which he claimed help him get a clean kill. This makes me think both he and the coyote were standing still. (Confession: I've never used a laser sighted firearm.) He may have killed the coyote, or not but I think he's exaggerating the story a bit to puff up his tough Texan cred. And no, I've never run with a gun but I do own guns and grew up in a hunting family and am not inherently anti-gun.

The .380 hollow point is an odd round for a snake, if that's what you're into. A more suitable round for snakes would be a .22 rat shot. I’m thinking he carries a compact .380 for protection from two legged varmints. The laser sight is more for dork effect, kind of like having a big airfoil on the back of your Honda Accord.

Your biggest risk from a rattlesnake is from stepping on it. If you know it’s there, then you can chase it off the trail or go around it. If you step on it, it’s a bit late for the gun.

Deployed servicemen in combat zones (like Iraq) are required to run with a gun. (Or at least all of my deployed running buddies were.)

REMFs with a weapon ? That's a laugh. The Pentagon gives campaign ribs to REMFs now. You get a CIB if you Hear one grenade go off. Hah. What a bunch of wussie the mil has become.

Just for fun:

Map of gun related deaths by state:

http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparemaptable.jsp?ind=113&cat=2

Education funding:

http://www.greatschools.org/improvement/fundraising/the-ins-and-outs-of-school-finance.gs?content=101

Political affiliation:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/

Draw your own conclusions.

For one, it is a coyote, not a bear or lion. It is similar to a small dog. If you raise your voice at it, it runs away.

Two, he had his security detail with him....Why does he need a gun? What were his security guys doing when this was going down? Hiding? So he has two guys running behind him? Three grown men cannot shoo a coyote away?

The whole story is BS.

And peeps says 'GOV PERRY IS A TEXAN PUSSY !"

"People shoot coyotes all the time, snakes all the time," Mange said. "We don't write reports."

The governor left the coyote where it fell.

"He became mulch," Perry said.

Only in texas...

What a wussy

I live in a country (Taiwan) that has one of the highest concentrations of poisonous snakes in the world. I've found them in my house, my yard. I was riding my bike down the hill and saw a +2m snake crossing the road.

10-12 people/year die in the US from snakebites. The same number die in Taiwan every year, and it has 7% the population.

Snakes are VERY shy and fearful - u let them run away and they will leave.

The most anybody ever suggests u need when hiking is a long stick.

I have seen many snakes on runs, most could probably kill me. U just leave them alone, and they leave the road.

This story is 100% bulls@#t. That or....Perry is looneytunes

Gov. Perry is a wimpy-weiner-woosy little man and his .380 is a girlfriend gun. Afraid of snakes Mr Perry??? here's a news flash...Snakes and Gila Monsters and even Coyotes don't attack people unprovoked. Only one who is a fear-based phony and NOT macho-man, would choose to shoot at something because it looked like it mighet be a bad guy. Peace!

Someone should let texas know that they are barely above average. DC should probably be thrown out (you are comparing a city to states. DC should be compared with NYC, Chicago, Boston,..) but the list is about what I would expect.

Right......... wrote:

Just for fun:

Map of gun related deaths by state:

http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparemaptable.jsp?ind=113&cat=2

Education funding:

http://www.greatschools.org/improvement/fundraising/the-ins-and-outs-of-school-finance.gs?content=101

Political affiliation:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/

Draw your own conclusions.