Man shoots bear to protect family and will be criminally prosecuted...

he hasn't been charged yet ...

“He’s not (formally) charged with any crime,” Viacava said during a telephone interview Friday afternoon. The State Attorney’s Office will determine whether to pursue formal charges which could take a few weeks"

those in my neck of the woods know the golden rule to stay out of trouble..... "Shoot and Shovel".....

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..."neighbors.....saw Doerr waving his arms yelling “I just shot a bear.”..."

Let this be a final lesson to all who can read. Keep your mouth shut.

The authorities can only be a problem if the authorities know of certain actions.

Running in the street waving your arms screaming about how you just shot a bear is what they call.... oh, what's the word..... stupid.

I may not know the truth, but I know when I'm being lied to...

Doerr confessed to shooting the bear with a .44 magnum at “fairly close range,” Morse said. The gun had two rounds in it.

“According to Mr. Doerr, the bear had not threatened people or property when he shot it,” Morse said at a news briefing Friday morning in Fort Myers.

This reminds me of the onion where dna evidence frees a black guy from a supposed bear attack.

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/dna_evidence_frees_bla...

Outrage builds in Anchorage after bear attacks

Deaths from bear maulings are uncommon in the municipality. In July 1995, a mother and son were killed by a bear defending a moose carcass along McHugh Creek Trail. However, the mauling of Petra Davis, followed by another attack on the same park trail later last summer and the mauling of a young man in Eagle River, have some residents demanding a crackdown on the bears.

http://enews.earthlink.net/article/us?guid=20090511/4a07a2c0...

“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds”
-Sam Adams

for shooting a dog that was in my back yard, going after my kid. It belonged to a neighbor that had told me to stay away from it because it was not so friendly and might bite. Well, I stayed away from it, he didn't stay away from me. I of course won the case, but really. I can't believe they would even consider prosecuting this man.
I also know a man who many years ago shot a bear endangering his family and he went through pure hell over it. It turns out that the the states attorney had told him that if he relinquished the hide to him, he wouldn't prosecute.
It's bad when you can't protect your life because the critter is endangered.

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We "just" have black bears. In fact, I saw my 1st bear of this year last weekend. He was at a pond on one of my neighbor's property. We were about 1/4 mile away when we spotted it - I thought it was a horse, and my friend thought it was an elk - until it moved. It was a BIG dirty blond boar! Generally speaking, the black bears will do whatever they can to avoid humans, but it just takes a little carelessness to chum them in (Garbage, bird feeders, feathered friends). I personally know both the state game wardens in my county. They will aggressively prosecute poachers, but there is no way they would ever infringe on my right to protect myself. In fact, one of my nieghbors (70 yo widow) was being visited by a bear (humming bird feeders) and one of the game wardens spent the night in his truck at her house watching for the bear. There are a few situations when the black bears are truly dangerous (don't surprise them, don't get between sows & cubs ...). My dogs are always with me when I walk in the woods. Bears don't like the sound and smell of dogs. My dogs (labs) wouldn't last a milli-second with a bear. I have never heard of a bear breaking glass to get into a house, but I have heard of bears breaking glass to get out of a house. I have repaired windows where a bear had grabbed the window frame and tried to pull the whole window out. They are absolutely amazing animals to watch any time I get a chance - big, fast, graceful, strong beyond comprehension. I hope I'm never in a situation of having a bear make an agressive move toward me (or others). If you're indoors and the bear is outside, you're cool. If the bear is inside, go outside. I can give black bears the benefit of a doubt, but if thought I was threatened, I'd shoot - brown bears ... shoot & ask questions later. Bears are the only reason I don't have chickens.

Ron Paul - Hope for America