knotquiteawake wrote:wow, thanks for posting those quotes, I threw up in my mouth a bit. Thats pretty terrible.
What does a graphic depiction of a young girl being eaten alive in the wilderness by bears have to do with gun control? Was that area a "gun-free" zone of Russia? The wilderness is perhaps a slightly different environment than a college campus IMO.
Very sad terrible event.
What caught my attention:
It parallels Goddard's story almost
identically in sequence ... being in a defenseless victim zone, disarmed by government and getting attacked, ...attacker leaving,... attacker returning to do more injury/damage while you talk on a cell phone ... stories are almost identical; nearest police were called in both instances, and in both they arrive later.
From a Russian site/translated
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excerpt from
How I bought a rifle for self-defense in Russia
More at link provided
The law in Russia is extremely conservative compared with that in the United States. Russians can only buy smoothbore hunting rifles of minimum 80 centimeters, gas pistols, or revolvers shooting rubber bullets. Safe use of this arsenal for five years allows purchase of a twin rifle or carbine. Stub-barreled firearms are a taboo for Russian citizens.
It took me several days to obtain a gun license from the Interior Ministry. I had to collect documents from the psychiatric and narcotics dispensaries confirming that I am not on their records. I also had to pay a modest state tax: 110 rubles (a little less than $4) for a hunting rifle, and 30 rubles for a gas pistol (slightly over $1). Then I had to undergo check-ups at several doctors: GP, surgeon, ophthalmologist, and ear-nose-and-throat doctor (a nice woman who ran to the corner of her office and whispered, trying not to move her lips: "Why do you need a pistol?" I passed the test.)
After that I had to submit a request to a regional police licensing department.
Several days later a district police officer came to see me ...
Lots more in the article
Yup, a cell phone and even rubber bullets aren't a lot of help in gun-free zones.
Oh wait, you can't carry the gun with rubber bullets unless you also ... pay and get a license and membership and ...
I'll agree wilderness has dangerous snakes, dangerous animals on 4 legs, as well as dangerous animals on 2 legs. And, "most" schools only have dangerous animals on 2 legs; but rattlesnakes and rabid animals are found at some schools, in addition to dangerous 2-legged animals. Our local high school has a pond and lake, there are fish in them, but I don't recall seeing people fishing there. Once a guy was practicing fly casting on the small lake though.
) but it could be.