Dean Weingarten writing at Ammoland.
He turned around, and looked. There, no more than 20 feet away, its feet on a tipped over trash can, was a huge black bear. The bear did not notice him immediately.
But Greg’s dog had come out, and peaked around the corner. It growled and emitted a bark, Grrrr..ru..ruff! The bear jumped over the downed trash can, landed with a Woof!, and charged directly at Greg.
Everything happened extremely fast, but Greg had moved into the psychological state of tachypsychia, where everything seems to slow down. This is a common effect when a human perceives a deadly threat. The effect also distorts distance, and can cause tunnel vision, focused on the threat.
Greg said: Oh f*ck! The .45 Kimber appeared in his hand and he was firing, with the bear taking up his whole field of vision. Greg told me:
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Hi Brock,
ReplyDeleteNow, let'seeee..... "Black Bear... 400 lbs. attacks a human and the human would be a snack for the bear had the human not had the firearm and the will to use it!! The "Law" as mentioned would rather the human not have interacted as required for the preservation of said human's life and filed charges against said human...
In the immortal words of the late Frank Gallop in his throaty, baritone voice......,"REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
'Nuff Said!!!!!!,"
skybill
would rather the human not have interacted as required for the preservation of said human's life and filed charges against said human...
DeleteInsane, but we're referring to commies so makes sense.......:)