but I grew up in a small city which had farming areas in our school district. I never remember hearing about cows attacking people or causing other harm to them. Have I not been paying attention? Have cows gone rogue?

Insanity truly reigns on the right.

But safer gun storage for those who do not live on farms is key to gun safety overall.

"Stupid is as Stupid does", as Forrest Gump is fond of saying.

Back in 2010 at the Humphrey-Mondale Dinner, I met keynote Speaker, Rep. Barney Frank. I presented him with a stuffed Loon that makes sounds when squeezed named Lottie. It had been a gift from a friend of mine when she was up North. I gave Rep. Frank the history of the Minnesota State Bird. He replied..."Michele Bachmann." (Barney Frank was Chair of the House Finance Committee and Michele Bachmann was a member who seldom showed up for Committee meetings.)

I have photos of me with Rep. Frank.

if you've never had to face down one of those Maple Grove cows.

I remember shopping and ran face to face with a rogue cow. If I hadn't made it in the door to Freddies Frozen Custard I might not be here today

"I'm proud proud proud to be a cow
I'm proud proud proud to be a cow
I've horns upon my head
A meadow is my bed
I think that ev'ry cow should take a bow
I'm proud proud proud to be a cow"

"Proud to be a Cow" written by Tony Geiss, Sesame Street, Silly Songs

by cow. A farmer was found dead in a coral, they think the cow leaned on him pining him against the fence.
But you never know there could be a mass murderer among them.

gun nobody would get shot.

And if you just have guns laying around everywhere, just in case you need them, you're probably in more danger from them than a cow.

I've heard of the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, but never the Trampling by the Cows in Minnesota.

The owner keeps ten cows there for the ag exemption. Every once in a while they break through the fence and I’ll find them all in my backyard. I keep a five gallon bucket half full of feed cubes in the garage and go stand on the other side of the fence and shake it. They all come running, and I give them each a handful, then fix the hole in the fence and go on about my day. They’ve never attempted to “trample me into dust”, so it’s never occurred to me to shoot one. Guess they’re just special.

for serious cow infestations. It is now known for stupid legislators, though.

I was just gonna post it!

Now I know what it's like to be run over twice within a few minutes.

Deep State controlled Terrorists, and (EEK!) Vegetarians!

stay away from cows that have just calved.

That guy is an abject idiot, and is being roundly laughed at this morning on WCCO.

to see a cow. I know I'd have to go west. Even then, it would be several miles before I was in a rural area. Any other direction and its more suburbs, one right after another. I guess that's why they call it a "metro area." No cows. Nope.

couple cows across the street from us last summer-suburban area by the way. There is an open field next door -belongs to another neighbor-one of the cows got out last summer and was grazing in that field. My husband went to let them know one of the cows was out, and they didn’t seem to care. Very odd response I thought.

And a suburban guy who is never around cows is so afraid of cows that he thinks you need to be armed when you are around them really needs psychiatric help. But he's a Republican, so I repeat myself.

before you might possibly see a cow. If you go in any other direction than west, you're going to drive a long way before you're not in some suburb.

No cows in Maple Grove.

Hope you can vote his cow-fearing, gun-loving butt out of the Legislature in January.

This district wanders back and forth between parties. It seems to be trending a little more towards Democratic, but with Dean Phillips not running, it's a toss-up in November. I don't know what's going to happen.

Weirdest place, politically, I've ever lived in.

I haven't heard him udder a word...


Sorry.

I also worked in a dairy. I occasionally had to help out in the milking barn, although that wasn't my job. The cows were nice, but they fart a lot. A lot!.

I also wandered around the countryside near my little town. I encountered cattle often when I did. One time, I was riding my little motorcycle on some back roads - roads with cattle guards across them. Well, one time, my motorcycle quit running. I got off it and was looking to see what was wrong. I figured it out and fixed it. When I stood back up, I found myself surrounded by cattle.

They had wandered over to see what that strange human was doing. they formed a circle around me, each facing me, but leaving about 10' between their noses and dangerous human, me. They were curious, and that's what they do. So, I looked around at all the animals, spoke quietly, and got back on my motorcycle and started it. I put it in gear and started riding on the road I had been on. As soon as I started rolling the animals stepped away from where I was going and let me pass.

I've never been much afraid of cattle. Now, a lone bull is another matter...

My grandparents lived in a rural area. The only time I can remember cattle being anything but docile was if someone went out of their way to rile up one of them, made a threatening move to a calf around Mama, or let a cow get too close to a bull.

My daft brother learned that the hard way when he and his equally stupid friends started throwing rocks at a neighbour's bull. I told them to knock that off--that old boy wasn't bothering them, but if they bothered him enough, he'd show them a thing or two.

They got a quick lesson in how strong and fast a mad bull can be if you plonk his sac. By that time, I was on the rise overlooking the paddock, and it was like a furry tank going after those boys. Shattered the wood fence to go after them. I don't know how they avoided the horns, but they somehow did.

Was it awful of me that I laughed at the tables turning on my prat of a brother?

They wouldn't really hurt anyone. Bulls are a different story, but nobody really keeps those where you can get to them anymore.

Cows aren't a threat to anyone. This guy is a Moran.

Does the law say the firearm ALWAYS has to be locked up? Why would you need to have your firearm locked up when it is on your person?

Nevermind. It took me 7 seconds to skim through the law and it says any firearm NOT UNDER DIRECT CONTROL of the authorized person, needs to be stored safely to prevent a child from having access.

If fucking cows are such a threat (which I don't know, but that sounds incredibly stupid), then you can carry a firearm ON YOUR PERSON, which means under your direct control, while you and your family walk amongst those killers...Problem solved.

My family has owned firearms since I was a child. My firearms are safely stored and locked, unless they are under my direct control where I am personally and physically responsible for their safety. I do not walk around armed or have firearms laying around the house, accessible to others. I do not live in fear and don't see everyone as a potential adversary. A gun is a tool or equipment. It has the potential to be deadly. It isn't a personality. It isn't a "lifestyle". It shouldn't be revered or reviled. The people, like this idiot from Minnesota, and others who fetishize guns, are the ones who facilitate the problems that are created with guns.

They'll trample you to death if you so much as look at them sideways, and then they'll eat your carcass and go after your children. You'd better be carrying at all times if you are within a zip code of cows. Just ask the good senator from suburban Minneapolis, whose home is probably surrounded by furious cows.

My family got on the wrong side of some cows back in 1957. Long standing feud, losses on both sides...I don't like talking about it...

just in case.

Conservative arguments are always so bad because they rarely comport with reality. The only thing that is keeping Conservatism as a political ideology alive is the fact that the people who promote it, started off with immense wealth and power. Conservatives made a concerted effort in the 70's to buy up media. Since their ideas are not based in reality, they have to control the institutions which provide the narratives so that they could make up their own "reality". There are enough ignorant, scared, and bigoted people out there who latch on to their narrative to keep them afloat despite having fewer numbers.