{"id":3078,"date":"2010-04-29T17:22:30","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T22:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=3078"},"modified":"2010-04-29T17:22:30","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T22:22:30","slug":"texas-governor-uses-crimson-trace-laser-to-protect-pet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/texas-governor-uses-crimson-trace-laser-to-protect-pet\/3078\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Governor Uses Crimson Trace Laser To Protect Pet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/coyote-lcp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3079\" title=\"coyote-lcp\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/coyote-lcp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/coyote-lcp.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/coyote-lcp-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Wilsonville, OR \u2014As reported widely on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2010\/04\/28\/texas-governor-shoots-kills-coyote-threatened-dog\/\" target=\"_blank\">FOX NEWS<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/36812563\/\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/04\/27\/AR2010042705323.html\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a> and other media outlets, Governor Rick Perry of Texas utilized a Ruger LCP with the Crimson Trace Laserguard to dispatch a Coyote that was threatening him and his dog while jogging outside of Austin recently. He told AP reporters after the incident that it only took one shot from his Ruger .380 handgun equipped with the Crimson Trace Laserguard to take down the menacing coyote.<\/p>\n<p>Perry said the laser helped make a quick, clean kill. \u201cIt was not in a lot of pain,\u201d Gov. Perry said. \u201cIt pretty much went down at that particular juncture. He became mulch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch this YouTube video of Governor Perry at the range shooting his Laserguard equipped Ruger LCP:<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"415\" height=\"270\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qp-5fGGVMX0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x5d1719&#038;color2=0xcd311b\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qp-5fGGVMX0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x5d1719&#038;color2=0xcd311b\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"415\" height=\"270\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Laserguard for the LCP was designed specifically for this handgun to help compensate for the pistol\u2019s small iron sights and its short sighting radius. As proven by Gov. Perry, the Crimson Trace Laserguard provides instinctive activation and spot-on target designation like no other laser on the market today.<\/p>\n<p>Crimson Trace is the world\u2019s only manufacturer of grip-integrated laser sighting systems. Police, all branches of the U.S. Military, and responsible citizens worldwide use patented Lasergrips. Crimson Trace Lasergrips are recommended as an essential accessory by some of the world\u2019s top firearm trainers. For more information, please contact us at 1-800-442-2406, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimsontrace.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.crimsontrace.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilsonville, OR \u2014As reported widely on FOX NEWS, MSNBC, Washington Post and other media outlets, Governor Rick Perry of Texas utilized a Ruger LCP with the Crimson Trace Laserguard to dispatch a Coyote that was threatening him and his dog while jogging outside of Austin recently. He told AP reporters after the incident that it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,58],"tags":[109,564,110,563],"class_list":["post-3078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news-from-the-industry","tag-crimson-trace","tag-rick-perry","tag-ruger-lcp","tag-texas-governor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}