# I'd support the right to arm bears, but

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 18, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-support-the-right-to-arm-bears-but/1011776 "2024-12-18T03:03:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-support-the-right-to-arm-bears-but/1011776/1 "2024-12-18T03:03:45Z")

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…it looks like they don’t need it.

[A Virginia man has died after a bear in a tree shot by one of his hunting partners fell on him](https://apnews.com/article/hunter-killed-bear-fall-tree-virginia-df344cf63a8a8456c15c1113cdfd69e8)

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> A member of the group rendered first aid before Harvey was rushed to **two** _different_ hospitals.

That’s some Three Stooges stuff right there. Yeah, I know they probably took him to a local hospital to stabilize & then to a trauma center but the way it reads, part of him went to one hospital & part went to another. No wonder he died!

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-support-the-right-to-arm-bears-but/1011776/2 "2024-12-18T04:03:15Z")

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“Crushed by a bear? Sorry, not covered.”

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-support-the-right-to-arm-bears-but/1011776/3 "2024-12-18T04:33:46Z")

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You may have a constitutional right to bare arms but use some common sense; it’s December, put a coat on.

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-support-the-right-to-arm-bears-but/1011776/4 "2024-12-18T04:48:12Z")

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> [@Spiderman](#):
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> Yeah, I know they probably took him to a local hospital to stabilize & then to a trauma center but the way it reads, part of him went to one hospital & part went to another.

“We managed to save your friend’s leg. Where do you want it?”

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-support-the-right-to-arm-bears-but/1011776/5 "2024-12-18T08:04:14Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> You may have a constitutional right to bare arms but use some common sense; it’s December, put a coat on.

Why do you think he shot the bear?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-support-the-right-to-arm-bears-but/1011776/6 "2024-12-18T08:26:34Z")

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Yogi’s revenge!

Either that, or it’s one of those “drop bears” that our Australian friends are always warning us about.

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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-support-the-right-to-arm-bears-but/1011776/7 "2024-12-18T11:05:24Z")

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> [@Spoons](#):
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> Yogi’s revenge!

Good for the bear

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-support-the-right-to-arm-bears-but/1011776/8 "2024-12-18T11:29:26Z")

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> [@Spoons](#):
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> Yogi’s revenge!

I’m pretty sure this was a Boo-Boo.