Why do people insist on needing a gun? Please list the reasons but not those already debunked

[beevul]

69. I tried to be polite.

Apparently you have never been stalked by a coyote. I have.


Apparentlly you have never lost an animal to a coyote. I have.


And most apparently, you have never stood unarmed between a coyote and your precious little ones, not knowing if they - they travel in packs, you see - were going to try to take you as well as try to take your little ones.

So get back to me when a coyote tries to take one of your little ones in spite of the fact that its leashed.


Coyote attacks on humans are uncommon and rarely cause serious injuries, due to the relatively small size of the coyote, but have been increasingly frequent, especially in the state of California. In the 30 years leading up to March 2006, at least 160 attacks occurred in the United States, mostly in the Los Angeles County area.[1] Data from USDA Wildlife Services, the California Department of Fish and Game, and other sources show that while 41 attacks occurred during the period of 1988–1997, 48 attacks were verified from 1998 through 2003. The majority of these incidents occurred in Southern California near the suburban-wildland interface.[2]

In the absence of the harassment of coyotes practiced by rural people, urban coyotes are losing their fear of humans, which is further worsened by people intentionally or unintentionally feeding coyotes. In such situations, some coyotes have begun to act aggressively toward humans, chasing joggers and bicyclists, confronting people walking their dogs, and stalking small children.[2] Nonrabid coyotes in these areas will sometimes target small children, mostly under the age of 10, though some adults have been bitten.

Although media reports of such attacks generally identify the animals in question as simply "coyotes", research into the genetics of the eastern coyote indicates those involved in attacks in northeast North America, including Pennsylvania, New York, New England, and eastern Canada, may have actually been coywolves, hybrids of Canis latrans and Canis lupus, not fully coyotes.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote_attacks_on_humans


You, despite your apparent position to the contrary, are not the arbiter of whos needs are relevent and whos are not.

Take your arrogance and presumptuousness and go bother someone else with them