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It Should Have Been a Defensive Gun Use: Oh Deer Edition

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Mr. Mohr's killing field (courtesy dailyherald.com)

“Keith Mohr was in the shower last Friday morning when he heard a loud crash and his wife screaming that a deer was running through their townhouse near Sugar Grove,” Illinois’ dailyherald.com reports. The 71-year-old homeowner grabbed a golf club (caliber unknown) and took a bash at the unwelcome visitor. He knocked off an antler and broke the club. “Mohr [then] opened the garage door to give the buck an escape route, but it didn’t exit there. It kept running around, bleeding on the carpet, destroying furniture, punching holes in walls and pawing at closed windows to escape. ‘He did a lot of damage. A lot of damage . . .

I just chased him around for probably 10 minutes. It looked like a (Charles) Manson murder — blood everywhere.’

Mohr opened a living room window and the deer finally escaped. All of which could have been avoided with a carefully placed shot or two from a home (shower?) carry firearm or a last ditch defense tactical shotgun. It would have been a more ethical kill and Mohr would have had venison to spare. [h/t DanRRZ]

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Robert Farago is the former publisher of The Truth About Guns (TTAG). He started the site to explore the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns.

0 thoughts on “It Should Have Been a Defensive Gun Use: Oh Deer Edition”

  1. In the immortal words of Piglet “Oh D-d-d-deer!”

    Insurance would cover the damage, and I’d be that much closer to a full freezer.

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  2. Please explain how, after a person undergoes the medical exam and written test and takes ownership of a gun in Iceland, those “stringent checks” then prevent the gun owner from experiencing a violent fit of anger later on.

    Oh, never mind. There is no way to explain it because that assertion by the writer doesn’t make sense. I forgot that I’m supposed to disengage my brain when I’m reading news articles.

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  3. They have extremely low crime there. The population density is very low as well. When I lived there in the 1970’s the word was that if you were put in prison in Iceland, your family was responsible for feeding you everyday. I don’t know how true that is, but that’s what they taught us in school.

    It’s a cool place, I recommend a visit to anyone who likes a rough terrain mostly unspoiled by development.

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  4. Serious question:
    If He was the only one hit, would that not still be assault.

    As a kid I used to take hold my brothers hand and swat him with it and ask him why he was hitting himself.
    Same thing only different.

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  5. Funny, after reading that article I came away with: minorities and the poor, especialy in high densities, are responsible for violence, not gun ownership.

    Thanks Marc, I appreciate you confirming what I already believed.

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  7. I have one. During the buying decision, in left hand a Colt at $1900, in my right hand a Mossberg MMR for $900. I have added plastic covers for the rail and trigger work was just completed. The re-worked trigger made a lot of difference and I would suggest this is an upgrade worth the money.

    A thousand rounds and I have zero complaints. It’s really a lot of fun and the wife also enjoy shooting the AR, but not as much as her tactical Mossberg 20 gauge.

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