Texas gov. shoots, kills 'wily' coyote during jog

[PUCKER]

I cannot think of a BETTER time/place to carry than jogging - look at the news reports of females raped/robbed/assaulted while jogging. Many times the jogging trails are in a secluded/wooded area, lots of cover/place to hide/ambush. A Dallas cop buddy of mine used to moonlight working bike security on one of the popular running/jogging trails in the Dallas area (Katy Trail, I think?), hmmmm....wonder why he was there?

I just got an e-mail from the Kirk Watson campaign lampooning Perry for carrying while jogging.

Though I understand the usual liberal mindset is that carrying a gun is bad, why do they find it especially egregious to carry while running? I just don't get it.

This e-mail did remind me to unsubscribe from his mailing list though.

[RPB]

I cannot think of a BETTER time/place to carry than jogging - look at the news reports of females raped/robbed/assaulted while jogging. Many times the jogging trails are in a secluded/wooded area, lots of cover/place to hide/ambush. A Dallas cop buddy of mine used to moonlight working bike security on one of the popular running/jogging trails in the Dallas area (Katy Trail, I think?), hmmmm....wonder why he was there?

I just got an e-mail from the Kirk Watson campaign lampooning Perry for carrying while jogging.

Though I understand the usual liberal mindset is that carrying a gun is bad, why do they find it especially egregious to carry while running? I just don't get it.

This e-mail did remind me to unsubscribe from his mailing list though.

I got one too, in my "SPAM" folder, I need to "unsubscribe" too ... here it is below, he brags about breaking the law (steel piercing shells in a handgun) showing igngorance .... so basically, he has established, among other things, that he is a liar, or, a criminal, or both:


My Really True Secret ... Involving Guns and Kittens

I have a secret that I've been keeping under wraps. I haven't disclosed it to anyone – not in public, not in private, not in this weekly email newsletter that’s posted on my web site, Twitter, and Facebook. Not to any of the thousands of people I come in contact with each week.

How could I know that it would actually improve my chances of getting on a Presidential ticket?

Two months ago, I was out for an early-morning run. As usual, I was carrying a Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum (that's right; the kind that Dirty Harry carried). I was fully loaded with steel-piercing shells and a sight I designed myself using GPS technology (I’d tell you more about it, but it’s classified).

Now, I know that some people might think it’s kind of, I don’t know, hard to believe – that someone would be carrying around a handgun on a morning run. Incredible, one might say.

But you just never know when you’ll need to defend yourself from snakes (let's face it, you need some heavy artillery if you're really scared of a snake). Or coyotes (no, really, some coyotes don't just run away from humans – for example, that one you see at the San Antonio Spurs games). Or armed statewide elected officials.

Grunning with the Kitties
So anyway, I’m running with my gun (“Grunning” is the technical term). And as I sometimes do, I stopped in at the Town Lake Animal Shelter to adopt some kittens.

(NOTE: why does he need so many kittens so often? Maybe because of this? ---> " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )


Now, of course, I love all kittens. But these kittens were really special. They were even more cute than normal, and I think it really takes quite a man to openly admit how much he likes kitties. So you can imagine how protective I was feeling.

Best of all, the kittens (there were three– no, four– no, six of them), they all seemed to love running. So I whipped out the half-dozen kitty leashes I carry for just such an occasion, and we all headed back out to the trail.

Everything was going great – the kittens all run a five-minute mile pace, just like I do in the early mornings before anyone else is up. I was humming a masculine Bach sonata and feeling real good about balancing the state budget without federal stimulus money.

Then ... the giant rats
Right then, suddenly, a pack of giant rats jumped out of the bushes. I thought they were wolves at first. But then I remembered how endangered and occasionally endearing wolves are and saw that, no, these were definitely just giant rats.

They were all wearing these rat-leather jackets and brandishing these rat-switchblades and smoking these rat-cigarettes (all of which I fully intend to ban in the next legislative session). And there were at least a dozen– no, two dozen– no, maybe just a dozen of them surrounding us.

The kittens – they were scared. They looked at me with these cute, pleading expressions. I knew I had to do something.

So I whipped out the pistol, looked out at the giant rats and said, “Rats, this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world. It will blow your heads clean off. So you’d better let the kittens and me keep running, or I’m gonna do the appropriate thing and send you where giant rats go.”

The giant rats just snickered. We had clearly and unequivocally been threatened.

The obligatory fight scene
Instinctively using my graduate-level knowledge of physics and billiard angles, I quickly fired off five shots, taking out ten of the giant rats. Another one lunged at me and I shot him right in the gut.

Right then, I heard steps coming up fast behind me. I wheeled around as the giant rat leader leaped into the air. Just as he was about to bite my face, I smacked him in the jaw. He fell to the ground.

The kittens wanted to run, but I wasn’t going to have this giant rat threatening my constituents.

As I was trying to figure out what to do (I couldn’t just leave the giant rat there, and while I have a loaded pistol during my runs, I don’t carry a cell phone), the rat opened his eyes. He locked in on the kittens. And he licked his wily lips.

So I did the only thing I could do. The only thing a man could do. The only thing that would make a really good story.

I shot that giant rat dead.

(I know what you’re saying: “But Senator Watson, that’s seven bullets. A .44 Magnum only holds six.” Well, you're just using Washington, D.C.-style logic. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.)

I can’t tell you how I've wanted to tell this tale. But who would think there even was such a thing as giant rats, little kitties that run on leashes, or pistol-packing-while-jogging? Who would believe that an elected official wouldn't just take time – but plan on taking time – out of his exercise to shoot something?

But it happened. It really did. I don't have a security detail I run with, so there's no one there to ask. But you can ask the kittens. I’d produce the giant rat bodies, except this happened long enough ago that they’re pretty much mulch now.

Oh, yeah, and another thing . . .
Now let me tell you about the three holes-in-one I had last week. You see, I was golfing by myself . . .

[SQLGeek]

Me thinks somebody tried to emulate A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift yet failed horribly in doing so.

[CaptWoodrow10]

I just got the watson email and unsubscribed as soon as I read the thing. I really don't remember subscribing to his news letter in the first place.

[RPB]

Back to the topic ... I wish CCI made .380 shot shells, ... thats why I carry a 9mm with one shotshell chambered for snakes, but most .380s are lighter weight than most 9mms. I'm still waiting for that 7 oz. Microtech 9mm to hit the market; probably will be a popular IWB jogging shorts pistol.

We need to let him know when they are available.

[SQLGeek]

I just got the watson email and unsubscribed as soon as I read the thing. I really don't remember subscribing to his news letter in the first place.

I think we got subscribed when we voted for the pro-gun candidate on his money give away.

[KD5NRH]

Well, I would have given you a funny look too. Everyone knows he should carry a .45 instead of a 9mm or .380. Sheesh!

If KelTec ever makes a PF45 I'll be saving my nickels. Especially if they make high-cap grip extending mags for it, and maybe a folding carbine that shares the mags.

I am sort of curious why, with all the interest in copying the P3AT, none of the others are making a PF9 copy.

[KD5NRH]

I cannot think of a BETTER time/place to carry than jogging - look at the news reports of females raped/robbed/assaulted while jogging. Many times the jogging trails are in a secluded/wooded area, lots of cover/place to hide/ambush. A Dallas cop buddy of mine used to moonlight working bike security on one of the popular running/jogging trails in the Dallas area (Katy Trail, I think?), hmmmm....wonder why he was there?

I used the White Rock trail as a shortcut in the evenings fairly often, and more than once I've seen people slink up out of the woods, then back when they realized I wasn't small, oblivious or female.

[UpTheIrons]

Seriously... What in the world is my wife supposed to do with a whistle when a rapist takes it from her? What is our Governor supposed to do with a plastic whistle while a rabid coyote is gnawing his arm off? These people are brain dead.

There is a blog post I'm trying to find that seems to have disappeared.

OK, I finally found it - took me long enough:
http://hecatescrossroad.blogspot.com/20 ... ctive.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Quote that reveals the "effectiveness" of whistles is about 3/4 down through the post, after the newspaper story:

When her body was later found in the hospital parking lot, the whistle was still between her teeth. She had blown it until it filled up with blood as she died.

To meander (only somewhat) off topic, I found this whole blog to be quite interesting. And the lady is a Witch, not a Wiccan, and she loves guns, horses and dogs.

[RPB]

All anyone needs while jogging is a Tee-Shirt with the below photo screen printed on it.

I was reading either here or in another forum about a fellow who needed 20 stitches in his hand after a wild boar jogged with him..... I have more photos to make now .... wild boars ... snakes too I guess ... I think it's like holding up a cross to keep vampires away, but I saw one movie where it didn't work .... guess they held it wrong. Still, I bet we could sell lots of Tee-Shirts.
Wild Boar charges people video (and gets shot) http://www.wildgoose.com/wildboar.wmv" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[KD5NRH]

I was reading either here or in another forum about a fellow who needed 20 stitches in his hand after a wild boar jogged with him.....

I've seen what a feral hog can do to a C-series Dodge truck. It was about $2k worth of damage including offroad tires that looked like they'd been stabbed with railroad spikes. Good outcome though, since it never got to the 6'4" roughneck standing on the roof screaming and throwing everything he could find at it.

[.45mac.40]

Mac .40 >>>>>>>>> # ::::: #
Mac .45 >>>>>>>>> # %%%% #

[chabouk]

I just got the watson email and unsubscribed as soon as I read the thing. I really don't remember subscribing to his news letter in the first place.

I know for a fact that I've never signed up for anything from the Texas Attorney General, nor directed any correspondence to that office, but I still get political spam from Greg Abbot on a regular basis.

[frazzled]

A few years ago, I lived in Lakewood, Kalifornia with my wife and two 100lb Labs. My dogs are very well trained and either carry their own leash or walk off the leash. One evening, we were walking through a city park that run along the San Gabriel River. I had occasionally seen coyotes running around the river but they generally kept their distance and stayed in the shadows. On this particular night, one of those coyotes made a run towards my younger dog (still 100lbs), stopped and barked at him. Well, my pup was curious so he went running after the coyote who slowly retreated into the shadows. I took off running and screaming, which didn't deter those coyotes - to catch up with my dog and noticed a collection of eyes glistening in the dark. Sure enough, that one coyote was trying to lure my dog into an ambush by a pack of at least 6 coyotes. I promise you, that there would have been some dead coyotes if it hadn't been Kalifornia! Fortunately, my dog is a bit lazy (or maybe smart) and stopped short of the dark area where the coyote disappeared.

So there you have it, those cuddly little coyotes, in an urban, populated part of Kalifornia, still managed to attempt an attack on a domesticated animal. I'm no 80lb woman so my yelling at them didn't scare them off. Maybe those 'yotes are only scared of 80lb women. The rest of us should bring guns!

Yes that is an old coyote trick.

[G26ster]

Holy cow! Is Ruger on to something here!

I stopped at a LGS today after a range visit. The salesman pulled a new Ruger LCP out of a Ruger box with a label that said "LCP-TEX" Also, on the side of the box it was marked, "For sale to Texans only." Inside was a Ruger LCP with a Texas Star on the top of the slide near the rear sight, and a coyote howling with a full moon in the background near the front of the slide. On the sides it said, "Coyote Special." The were NOT decals, but screened onto the slide. If this is NOT a Ruger factory deal, then kudos to the savvy marketeer who thought this up. Sorry for the lousy cell phone pics.