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RE: Why More Americans Want to Own Guns
February 15, 2016 at 7:28 pm
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(February 15, 2016 at 6:18 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (February 15, 2016 at 11:53 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I am going to be buying a Remington 870 this year, because I live out in the country and there are coyotes and cougars in the area. Would that disqualify me?
Very unlikely, as New Zealand is known far and wide for our paucity of coyotes and cougars. 
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Well, if y'all did have said critters, would my reason be classed as "self-defense"?
I've never had a burglar show up at my doorstep here, but I've had coyotes, and have seen cougar tracks.
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RE: Why More Americans Want to Own Guns
February 15, 2016 at 7:32 pm
You'd have to be in pretty bad shape to be taken down by a coyote.
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RE: Why More Americans Want to Own Guns
February 15, 2016 at 7:50 pm
(February 15, 2016 at 7:28 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: (February 15, 2016 at 6:18 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Very unlikely, as New Zealand is known far and wide for our paucity of coyotes and cougars.
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Well, if y'all did, would my reason be classed as "self-defense"?
I've never had a burglar show up at my doorstep here, but I've had coyotes, and have seen cougar tracks.
I honestly couldn't say. I know that farmers sometimes get licenses to trap or shoot nuisance wildlife, maybe something like that would apply.
But I think the 'self defense' admonition might be intended to apply to people who show up at the police station demanding a gun license so they can finally deal with that noisy neighbor. (just as guess, as I've never been through the licensing process)
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RE: Why More Americans Want to Own Guns
February 15, 2016 at 7:54 pm
(February 15, 2016 at 7:32 pm)Gawdzilla Wrote: You'd have to be in pretty bad shape to be taken down by a coyote.
You may be 90 years old and crippled with arthritis, and then where the abelistic fuck are you going with that?
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RE: Why More Americans Want to Own Guns
February 15, 2016 at 7:56 pm
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RE: Why More Americans Want to Own Guns
February 15, 2016 at 8:48 pm
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Why More Americans Want to Own Guns
February 15, 2016 at 8:58 pm
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RE: Why More Americans Want to Own Guns
February 15, 2016 at 9:34 pm
Well said, K.
Even if it was because he fell out of treestand.
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RE: Why More Americans Want to Own Guns
February 16, 2016 at 3:20 am
(February 15, 2016 at 7:50 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (February 15, 2016 at 7:28 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Well, if y'all did, would my reason be classed as "self-defense"?
I've never had a burglar show up at my doorstep here, but I've had coyotes, and have seen cougar tracks.
I honestly couldn't say. I know that farmers sometimes get licenses to trap or shoot nuisance wildlife, maybe something like that would apply.
But I think the 'self defense' admonition might be intended to apply to people who show up at the police station demanding a gun license so they can finally deal with that noisy neighbor. (just as guess, as I've never been through the licensing process)
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Yeah, that's what I'm getting at. When it comes down to it, criminals are much more controllable than wildlife.
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RE: Why More Americans Want to Own Guns
February 16, 2016 at 3:23 am
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(February 15, 2016 at 7:32 pm)Gawdzilla Wrote: You'd have to be in pretty bad shape to be taken down by a coyote.
Most coyotes are cowardly, but I wouldn't fancy rabies, would you? Oh, and by the way, I have a degenerative bone disease in my hip that greatly impairs my mobility, so that if I did have a coyote around, it could perhaps cause me a little trouble, especially since they rarely travel solo.
I notice you said nothing about the cougars, either. Of course, it's hard to construct a rhetorical flourish around them.
Is it perhaps more your style to sit on the sidelines and lob irrelevant potshots? Shame, that. You seem like a smart guy who might have something more substantial to add than this sort of deliberate obtuseness.
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