The vacation rental in South Lake Tahoe had been empty for most of the night; the man and the people with him in Tahoe had all gone out to dinner. While they were out, a large female black bear entered the house through a sliding glass door, looking for food to eat in the kitchen upstairs.
Wildlife officials say the bear weighed as much as 400 to 500 pounds. The man, who has not been identified, told law enforcement officials that the bear charged at him, trying to swiping at him with her arm, huffing and growling. He said that, within a moment, the bear was on top of him. He said the bear had her mouth on his arm, said Capt. Patrick Foy of California Fish and Wildlife’s Law Enforcement Division.
“He had a pistol in his other hand,” Foy said, “and shot [the bear] in the head at point blank range.”
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Foy said the shooter did not sustain any injuries that warranted immediate medical treatment.
The bear, however, was bleeding profusely from the gunshot wound in her head and immediately retreated.
Dang it. Dean Weingarten needs the caliber of the handgun for cataloging purposes. Why do news reporters write on bear attacks and not give the gun type and caliber?
Note. He shot the bear at point blank range, and the bear was still able to retreat
Matt Bracken writing at American Partisan citing a 1969 American Rifleman article.
I was told by the so-called experts that the M16 rifle is not accurate beyond 350 meters. But with my rifle fitted with bipod mount and scope sight and firing tracer ammunition, I can reach out and drop a walking enemy soldier at better than 700 meters range …
Our 5.56mm bullet will severely batter a man wherever it hits him. I would rather stop a half dozen bullets from an AK-47 than one from an M16.
It’s America’s rifle. If it was a “good” rifle then, I’d say it’s variants are great rifles today.
Enough said. Read the cases. No court in the land will decide a case assuming cops are there for personal protection, and the idiot commentator should be fired.
Footprint A will fit the Trijicon RMR Type 2, Holosun 507CX2, and Trijicon SRO reflex sights. Footprint or slide cut B fits the Shield RMSc, the SIG Sauer Romeo 0, and the Holosun 507KX2.
Footprint C works for the Leupold Delta Pro, SIG Sauer Romeo 1, and the Crimson Trace CTS-1250. Slide cut D will fit the Burris Fast Fire and the 2 Vortex Venom. And finally, like with the new Trijicon RMRcc and Vortex Viper, some reflex sights have their own unique footprint.
The weaponry includes 900 guns, 30 light tactical vehicles and 20 army pickup trucks, according to NBC News’ U.K. partner Sky News, which was granted access to the Sultan Khil military base in the Wardak province close to the Afghan capital, Kabul.
District after district has fallen to the Taliban. The militants have seized 120 districts since May 1, according to an ongoing assessment by the Long War Journal. The map is a moving patchwork, but at last count the Taliban controlled 193 districts and contested 130, while 75 were under the control of the government or are undetermined, according to the publication …
The left's gun-grabbing rhetoric is encouraging millions of Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights by buying their first, second, or even 100th firearm.
Bravo.
Democrats can keep running their mouths, and we’ll keep adding to our arsenals. pic.twitter.com/Dw5yFIyEzR
Bagram Air Base evacuated. Without even informing the ANA about their departure, likely because some of the ANA would have shot at them. In those pictures I saw heavy equipment which doubtless cost a lot of money.
Well, I guess KBR made a fortune on its construction.
More than 1,000 Afghan soldiers have fled to neighbouring Tajikistan after clashing with Taliban militants, officials have said.
The troops retreated over the border to “save their own lives”, according to a statement by Tajikistan’s border guard.
Violence has risen in Afghanistan, with the Taliban launching attacks and taking more territory in recent weeks.
The surge coincides with the end of Nato’s 20-year military mission in the country.
The vast majority of remaining foreign forces in Afghanistan have been withdrawn ahead of a September deadline, and there are concerns that the Afghan military will collapse.
And collapse they will.
How sad. It would have been possible to put the Marines and Rangers on the border with Pakistan to prevent the hardened fighters from escaping, kill off those who gave aid and comfort to AQ, and then put General Dostum in charge of the country to kill any additional Taliban – as he surely would have done.
But we wanted to play armed social workers. Many perished from this misadventure, still others came home without legs, arms or eyesight.
At reddit/Firearms. I can’t guarantee the video will stay up.
Ridiculous. After wasting the blood of the sons of America on that shit hole, the ANA surrenders en masse to the Taliban.
The men who sent Americans to perish in that war have blood on their hands and will answer to God for their actions. We fought a campaign of armed social justice.
But hey. At least the bankers and defense contractors got rich. That’s the point of war, right?
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