Reply #35: Yep, you can do a lot worse, even on other forums in DU. [View All]

[SteveM]

You might be interested to know that Zora Neale Hurston, the legendary folklorist from Florida, packed her own gun -- too many jealous rivalries in the "jook joints" of Polk County. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings not only hunted, but at times had a .44, which she carried on her boat trip along the St. Johns River (which was the basis for the book "Cross Creek"). One night while camping along the river, a bear began rummaging around the site, and Rawlings reached for the revolver. Her companion on the trip said: "Don't. You might get unlucky and hit him, then will be in trouble."