[framedcraig1]

Just a single shot Mayo!AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a message for wily coyotes out there: Don't mess with my dog.

Perry says he needed just one shot from his laser-sighted pistol to take down a coyote that was menacing his dog during an early morning jog in an undeveloped area near Austin.

Perry told The Associated Press he sometimes carries his pistol, loaded with hollow-pointed bullets, when he jogs on trails because he's scared of snakes -- and that he'd seen coyotes in that area.

When the coyote came out of the brush toward his daughter's labrador retriever puppy on a February jog, he charged it and shot it with his .380 Ruger pistol.

"Don't attack my dog or you might get shot ... if you're a coyote," Perry said.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...ics/2010/04/28/texas-governor-shoots-kills-coyote-threatened-dog/#ixzz1QXSnxDcj

 

[framedcraig1]

I do have my reservations on staking my life on it.
-rilano

+1 Mayo. Well said

In that case, you should buy, train with and carry a handgun with which you do not have such reservations.

To me, it really doesn't matter whether I rely on a .44 Magnum or a .380 LCP for self defense. Both can do the job depending on circumstances. Or, either could fail miserably, depending on circumstances. Since I can't control the circumstances, I must depend upon a weapon I have at hand at the time. I will not consistently carry something like a .44 Magnum, but I will consistently carry the LCP, (when I'm not armed with the SR9c) so, for me, I have committed to staking my life on the little Ruger. You'll never be 100% risk free, so go with what works for you.

Mayo