9mm for bear?

[XJ]

So was it just a Gazette error, or an unusual choice for home defense?

Many pistol-caliber options exist of course, but it just seems a bit unlikely for someone to have as their 2am go-to. Another article stated that it was ~18 months old, so not a postcard-cute cub.

"Christopher grabbed a 9 mm rifle. When his efforts to get the bear to retreat did not work, Christopher shot it. As Christopher pushed the injured bear out the front door, the mother bear tried to push her way in. Eventually, Christopher was able to slam the door and keep her out. Teller County Sheriff’s deputies killed the injured bear."


http://www.gazette.com/opinion/siege...st-family.html

[SA Friday]

Not everyone has a 12 guage loaded with slugs lying in bed next to them. I do, as that description pretty much covers my wife (when she get's her Scottish up), but like I said not everyone.

[Zundfolge]

On one of the TV reports they kept showing a pic of some spent 9mm shell casings on the floor, so my guess is he has some sort of 9mm carbine (which would be a decent home defense weapon against 2 legged critters).

[BigBear]

Sorry Son, you'll need more than a 9mm to keep me down....







HAHA.

Rule #2, double tap. "Two in the head and you know they're dead."

[theGinsue]

When you read the story in the Gazette's story link, also check out the anti-gun
ramblings in the opinion responses.

Geesh! Some people think you can sit down with creatures like this over a Coca-Cola and have a nice little chat with them.

I especially love the question

"Who made the rule that a human life is more valuable than an animal's life. The guy is a turd for moving into the sanctuary of wild animals."

Keep in mind that these types of people are out there and they breed!

[BigBear]

Some people think you can sit down with creatures like this over a Coca-Cola and have a nice little chat with them.

I don't mind if you want to sit down and talk to me with a Coke... Just don't be trying to shoot my beary butt with a 9mm!!

HAHA.

[cowboykjohnson]

That may have been all he had, or had the opportunity to grab. If it works it's better than nothing.

[Marlin]

Just sayin'

[TriggerHappy]

"Glock kills bear
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/wildl...-7706309c.html (http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/wildl...-7706309c.html)


Homeowner shoots bear inside house

By TATABOLINE BRANT
Anchorage Daily News

Published: June 2, 2006
Last Modified: June 2, 2006 at 04:53 PM


A large black bear broke into an Anchorage home early this morning, rummaged around like a burglar and feasted on a box of chocolates before the homeowner shot him dead with a Glock.


The bear entered the two-story Stuckagain Heights house on the Anchorage hillside around 2:30 a.m., according to police.

Stan Knowlton, who lives next door to the house, said his son and daughter-in-law own the place that was ransacked. They were asleep in their bedroom with their Rottweiller, Baby, when the dog started barking wildly, he said.

The bedroom door was closed. Outside, the couple could hear things being knocked over.

Police spokesman Lt. Paul Honeman said the owners initially thought the bear was a burglar. They could not be reached for comment.

Knowlton said his son quickly determined the real identity of the intruder.

"He opens the (bedroom) door and he's face to face with this big black bear," he said. "He slammed the door right away."

Knowlton said his son hollered at the bear to go away and it ran downstairs. The man grabbed a .40-caliber Glock automatic handgun from another bedroom and looked around. The bear had knocked some things over and eaten a box of chocolates that had been sitting near the couch.

"It left all the heart candy sitting in a basket there," Knowlton said.

Knowlton said the bear started back up the stairs toward his son. He shot the animal multiple times and it went back downstairs.

Knowlton said his son didn't know if the bear was dead. He called police. Honeman said the sergeant who responded quipped that he'd been in many a hairy situation over the years, but few so scary as entering a house where there might be a wounded bear on the loose.

Officers found the bear dead in a bathroom, surrounded by a pool of blood and scat. Knowlton said state wildlife officials came and picked up the carcass. It took four people to load it into the truck, he said."

There weren't too many people that felt sorry for the bear in this case, but AK in itself is a whole different animal. I do miss that about where I grew up. Personally I carry a Remington 870 slug gun or my S&W .44 Mtn gun with speed loaders while fishing. That is the true Alaskan bear protection.

[BigBear]

Knowlton?... hmmm... I wonder if there's any relation to my friend....