I can think of one man that was thankful that he had a semi-automatic handgun with a high-capacity magazine...Ken Mauldin.
A bear was shot nine times after breaking into a Colorado home and charging at the owner.
Ken Mauldin was sleeping at his home in Steamboat Springs when he was jolted awake by screams at two o'clock in the morning, KUSA reported.
As Mauldin jumped out of bed, his wife was screaming: "There's a bear in the house."
"So, I grabbed a .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun," he told KUSA.
There are an estimated 17,000 to 20,000 black bears in Colorado. The population has been expanding in recent years, making conflict with humans more common.
Bears usually keep to themselves, but some become accustomed to human food, making them bolder in approaching houses and humans.
Mauldin told KUSA that as soon as he spotted the bear he shot his gun at it nine times.