[at-l] 2nd Amndmnt Re: Coyote Attack

[kgj]

Since I started this thread (and now, I have to admit, I'm sorry I did), let me put in a little perspective.  I hike often on a local trail that goes through a hunting club, a large multi-range shooting club, and at least two private shooting ranges.  Some of the adjacent land owners don't like our trail and have actual fired in our direction.  I own guns, but don't usually carry, and I'm very used to being around folks who are.  What makes me nervous is folks carrying guns in places that they usually don't.
    Someone suggested that hikers should not provoke a "fear response" in those carrying.  And I guess that's fine but not sure exactly how to do that which is the reason I started this discussion.  
Anyway I'm done with this.  I've overshot Ryan's patience by a ton I'm sure.
:( 
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----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Leslie Booher 
  To: trailr at aol.com ; Tom McGinnis ; jplynch at crosslink.net ; dfaddleton at gmail.com ; jim.stewart at usa.net 
  Cc: at-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:59 PM
  Subject: Re: [at-l] 2nd Amndmnt Re: Coyote Attack


  15 yrs. ago or so, Backpacker magazine did a survey that said that 1/3 of all hikers carried guns.  Shane always said that he did, although he was naked so much, I don't know where he kept it.  <G>  Anyway, I have never, ever Seen a gun on anyone along the trail.  You'd think that, if that many people were carrying, you would see a flash of one in someone's gear at some point, or they'd hear something outside the shelter at night and slip it out, just in case.  Never.  So, what gives?  Is that statistic still true, or was it never true?  a'bear


  LOL. I hike, I can carry, and I sell guns at work. I AM the gun show. LOL

  Humankind (be both)
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