Texas gov. shoots, kills 'wily' coyote during jogAnd then there's this approach:
Canadian folk singer killed by coyotes, park official saysOh dear, I so hate having to make tough decisions...
Perhaps we should let others make them for us?
[Link #1 via Ed M]
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Mr. (formerly) Security and Prosperity Partnership, and Trans Texas Corridor, is now Mr. Conservative Coyote Shooter, also Known as Mr. Don't Mess With Texas.
He's a plastic faced opportunist just like his mentor, G. W. Bush.
He isn't a Constitutionalist, which is all that should matter.
Guess Gov Goodhair is still testing shoes for Runner's World. But the knuckleheads and nannies are circling in;
Mr. Perry may have some 'splainin to do...
http://blogs.chron.com/texaspolitics/archives/2010/04/perrys_coyote_h.html
Gov. Rick Perry's use of a handgun to kill a coyote that he says was threatening a labrador puppy may have violated both city of Austin ordinances and state law.
Perry spokesman Mark Miner said the governor's staff is researching various ordinances and laws and will respond later.
The only real issue is whether Perry's rental home and the area he was jogging in is within Austin city limits or in unincorporated Travis County. The $9,000 a month rental home is in a sparsely populated, wooded subdivision. Coyotes are a problem in many Austin neighborhoods.
Perry's discharge also may have violated his concealed handgun permit.
The state law says "concealed" means a handgun must be kept in a way where it is "not openly discernible to the ordinary observation of a reasonable person." Hard to imagine how one goes jogging and conceals a handgun, even in a secluded neighborhood.
In terms of whether a permit holder illegally discharged a firearm:
(e) It is a defense to prosecution for an offense under Subsection
(a)(9) or (11) that the person who discharged the firearm had a reasonable
fear of bodily injury to the person or to another by a dangerous
wild animal as defined by Section 822.101, Health and Safety Code.
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