Don't Mess With Pistol Packing Rick Perry

ap_governor_coyote_100427_mn The AP is reporting a story about Texas Governor Rick Perry's quick takedown of a coyote that he felt threatened his dog. The Texas governor has a concealed carry permit and apparently jogs with his laser-sighted, hollow-point loaded pistol frequently. During a recent run, a coyote charged his dog and he took it down with his pistol, which he also carries to ward off snakes he encounters while jogging.

Sounds like a good Presidental candidate!

AUSTIN -- Pistol-packing Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a message for wily coyotes out there: Don't mess with my dog.

Perry (R) told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he needed just one shot from the laser-sighted pistol he sometimes carries while jogging to take down a coyote that menaced his puppy during a February run near Austin.

Perry said he carries his .380 Ruger -- loaded with hollow-point bullets -- when jogging on trails because he is afraid of snakes. But when a coyote came out of the brush toward his daughter's Labrador retriever, Perry charged.

"Don't attack my dog, or you might get shot . . . if you're a coyote," he said Tuesday.

He is living in a private house in a hilly area southwest of downtown Austin while the Governor's Mansion is being repaired after a 2008 fire. Perry, who holds a concealed-handgun permit, carries the pistol in a belt.

He said he was jogging without his security detail shortly after sunrise when the coyote focused on the dog.

Perry said the laser pointer on his gun helped make a quick, clean kill. "It was not in a lot of pain," he said. "It pretty much went down at that particular juncture."

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