18. "RE: A Musing Upon Firearms"
In response to message #13
>Seeing as I live in Alaska I have rather loose ideals of what is >proper strength in a side arm, or a rifle for that matter. When out >fishing I like having something that I can point at Mr. Bear to advise >that; while I AM going to hand him the 15 pound silver salmon, he had >better not go any farther than that. This fact goes into critical mass >when my son and daughter are around.
Living in a country about on the same geographical level as Alaska, and thus having about the same chance to see interesting aminuls of the type, I still have to say that the day I see myself successfully arguing 'big gun' to any of those animals is...far away. If I point anything at Mr. Bear, Mr. Wolf or any of their friends, they generally tend to ignore that as being irrelevant. So, I'm much impressed with the level of comprehension of the wildlife of Alaska...