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2naSalit

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Reply to Xithras (Reply #14)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 01:06 PM

Sep 2013

but I've been close enough to predators to realize that there's a real risk.

And did you KNOW anything about these predators to KNOW that there is a real risk? I'm just asking because I have seen folks who say they KNOW something about predators actually KNOW very little to nothing about them and how to behave around them and then tell me that their gun works and that is all they need to know.

I never "carry" and I live with all the predators in my area... cats, bears, wolves, coyotes. Pepper spray works on all of them and the ones that many think they need protection from are the ones you don't really need to be concerned about.

TeeVee edumacation is a dangerous thing.

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Girl Shot in Yellowstone Died From Bullet Fired From Father's Gun [View all] NYC_SKP Sep 2013 OP

Hmmm. yesphan Sep 2013 #1

It is confusing. A better word might have been "controlled" by her father. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #2

Hmmm... 2naSalit Sep 2013 #3

The Feds will handle this as the park existed before any of the states were founded. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #4

Yes, there were a lot of guns in the parks before they were legalized. Xithras Sep 2013 #6

You're the first to make a cogent argument tying the amendment to people's action, Zithras. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #9

there are tons of good arguments mikeysnot Sep 2013 #12

Agreed 2naSalit Sep 2013 #15

Except there hasn't been a reported shooting in the Park in over forty years UNTIL Bandit Sep 2013 #16

That 2010 amendment was one of the more cowardly things Congress ever did... joeybee12 Sep 2013 #5

I agree it was pointless. I don't think, however, that the amendment caused this girl's death. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #7

I think some gun owners would think twice... joeybee12 Sep 2013 #8

As Xithras so eloquently explained, the amendment invites carelessness. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #10

Yup, you'd keep it hidden; this guy had it out in the open...nt joeybee12 Sep 2013 #11

"I think guns have been going into parks as long as there have been guns and parks," mikeysnot Sep 2013 #13

Well, I can base it on a lifetime of backcountry hiking. Xithras Sep 2013 #14

... 2naSalit Sep 2013 #17

"TeeVee edumacation is a dangerous thing." is really uncalled for in this discussion. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #18

Lol. Xithras Sep 2013 #19

I agree with points made here 2naSalit Sep 2013 #20

Her name was Ella Marie Tucker. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #21