Hot flash from 10 o'clock news: Texas Gov is a Ruger man!

[Texas1941]

The 10 o'clock news has just informed us that Rick Perry shot a coyote that was going for his dog. It seems, according to the TV, the governor carries a Ruger LCP, loaded with evil hollow points.

Be interesting to see if this turns into some sort of media storm. Normally, no one in Texas would care (except to think he might not be carrying enough gun), but this is an election year.

Can't wait to see how this plays out...

 

[mgjohn]

Does he have a CCW permit? Will PETA and the other animal rights people jump on this?

 

[Snowbandit]

Perry owning a Ruger is one more reason the people of Texas should have voted for Medina.

 

[The Big D]

Gov busts cap in coyote.

Texas Governor Rick Perry shoots, kills 'wily' coyote while jogging

Oh, dear; wait 'til PETA gets wind of this.

Be safe.

 

[Munsterf18]

Perry owning a Ruger is one more reason the people of Texas should have voted for Medina.

That's funny!

She carries a Springfield XD in her car and has no CCW per her interview.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

"He became mulch," Perry said.

Nice......I do love Texas

So does this mean we have to re open the discussion regarding the .380 and it's merits ?

 

[wbraswell]

That ought to be worth a couple of points in the polls.

 

[Texas Star]

Rick Perry is probably the only governor who goes armed, and he is a shrewd, articulate orator. I hope that he wins a third term.

BTW, I understand that he's signed a bill that keeps cops from calling any one-handed opening folding knife a gravity knife. That's a big step in the right direction.

If you read the article, that looks like another Ruger in his hand, although I'm sure that he can afford a real Colt.

T-Star

 

[Duke426]

Yes, Gov. Perry does have a CCW permit.

He says he carries that .380 for snakes if he comes across one while hiking/jogging. A .380 with hollowpoint ammunition wouldn't be high on my list of choice for snakes but seems to have done the deed nicely on that scumbag coyote.

 

[Andy Griffith]

scumbag coyote.

Yeah, and I bet the news will say it was just trying to pick up a quick a lunch while getting its life together.

 

[38-44HD45]

And Rick has such nice hair! As leftist and touchy-feely as Travis County is, he'll catch some flack there, but elsewhere, this will be nothing but good. My son lives fairly close to where this happened, and is right next to a "greenbelt" where coyotes roam. He always carries when he's out with his little dog, too, in part for the same reason.

One of my CHL students commented, "A lesson to the libs: We don't write reports, we just shoot what annoys us."

As for Debra Medina, I originally was a fan, until I found out she is a "9/11 Truther," and has given some interviews wherein she comes off as a nut, and not a particularly bright one. During one debate, she also demonstrated that she doesn't know much about CHL law, either.

 

[dmar]

You don't mess with a man's Labrador Retriever; good for the Governor!

 

[Duke426]

Yeah, and I bet the news will say it was just trying to pick up a quick a lunch while getting its life together.

That's right.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Illegal immigrant coyotes are gathering at the Texas capital building protesting the wanton murder of this innocent coyote by the Texas gun nut governor. They were smearing Alpo on the windows and deficating on the capital stairs!

 

[redlevel]

Hmmmmm . . . . . . Texas coyotes must not be nearly as tough as Ga 'yotes, or dogs either for that matter. I snapped a shot at a running coyote with a .45 Colt carbine a few years back. He hunched up, but kept running into a thick area. I figured I had just nicked him. Two days later, he showed up dead in a neighbor's field. I had shot him right through the gut with a 255 grain swc at 1000 fps. You would figure that would put him down, even though it didn't hit a bone. I had a coyote sized German Shepherd shot through the flank with a .30-30 rifle. It hit no bones, but knocked a fist-sized chunk of meat out of him. I gave him a couple of penicillin shots and sprayed it with antibiotic spray we used when castrating pigs. He lived another four or five years. I have seen 'yotes and dogs well-hit with .22lr and .22 mags just run away.

I don't doubt the Guv'nor's story, but it is surprising that one shot from a little .380 pocket pistol put down the 'yote. Probably the reason he just shot once was that the Ruger stove-piped after the first shot.

 

[doc540]

This is an entertaining thread....an example of gun forums at their best.

Perry's a lot of hat and not many cattle, but I guess he'll have to do for now.

Now, Jerry Patterson, TX Land Commissioner is the real deal. (in spite of his technique!)

 

[arkdweller22]

Yeah, and I bet the news will say it was just trying to pick up a quick a lunch while getting its life together.

ROFL

That's funny right there...

 

[james56]

Way to go Gov Now go out and get yourself a S&W

 

[Texas Star]

Rick probably got his CCW for protection against crims, too, but it wouldn't play well in the media to say that he might shoot a human.

I really wish that he hadn't brandished the larger gun while clowning, but politicos treat guns with amusement or horror.
They really don't live in the real world, like many other celebs. And most have enormous egos.

T-Star

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Interesting to see a politico think and act like a private citizen.