Originally Posted by
kentallpines
Hi everyone;
Yes I have AC power here (only 60 amp service), and a phone line, but no cel phone, and no cable TV service. Some neighbors here (½-¾ mile away) have dish TV or dish internet. I just have dial-up. I also have a small air conditioner in one bedroom, that gets used about the three hottest months of the summer.
Hi iwiw60, yes Oregon has some really big bears. Michigan has black bears, 200-300 pounds typical. Yes a 357 is a tad small for bears and pigs also. I recently switched from bullets with 125 grain hollow points, to 158 grain hollow point and soft nose lead. I had considered a 44 magnum, but have weak wrists and the recoil would make it more difficult to hit a mark. If you can't hit what you aim at, you have no damn right to carry a gun. Bears usually don't bother people if you don't startle them. I always make enough noise so they don't get surprised by my presence. I fear the pigs the most because even people who hunt them do so with great caution.
I too, do not think, taking away guns is an answer. 30-40 years ago when I lived in Chicago, there was a serial killer caught by the name of John Wayne Gacey. I remember his face as it is burned into my memory. He had sex with young teen-age boys, strangled them and buried them in the crawl space under his home. He covered them with quick-lime to reduce the smell of decomp.
He was an evil creature, and a predator to be sure. I can never think of him as being a human.
I do think that taking prayer out of school was a bad idea, and also not allowing teachers to discipline children. I'm glad I attended Catholic school as I feel I got a more disciplined and good education.
Gotta go feed my kittys, and get them inside before something eats them. Heard something outside last night, and gotta be careful.
Ken Tall Pines