LaCrosseKevin
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I've been looking for threads here of "shoot, don't shoot" scenarios .... "draw, don't draw" .... but the search takes me to "whats new" instead of thread titles. I'll try to figure that out, and if this topic is old hat, slap my hand, my apologies.
I was pottying my dog in '04 in my yard and had a pit bull come up on us, and had my dog pinned to the ground. My dog was screaming bloody murder, and no matter what I did to the pit, he wouldn't let go. I was twisting his collar, punching him, my dad is pounding on him with a recycling bin. I tried lifting him at one point and he had such a grip on my dog, it lifted my dog off the ground! At this point, I thought one of them lives, one dies, and it's not going to be my dog that winds up dead. I pulled out a pocket knife that has a lever on it for one hand operation, and went to work .... the pit let go. I stabbed him 3 times, in the liver & chest. After my dad secured my dog, the pit went wandering away, and tried to attack another dog! It couldn't get leverage on the great dane, then the owner showed up.
If I had been carrying, the entire thing would have been defused with one trigger pull, and saved the pit owner a bill for euthanasion. Now ... would I have been in trouble in your opinion? The cops got involved after we both went to the vet, they got photos of the knife and the site where it happened. As the cop is leaving, he said "I do have to turn this over to the D.A., because it was a stabbing .... but don't lose sleep". I never heard anything further about it.
Since that instance, we've had a 10 year old child get a broken arm from a pit ... as well ... two phone workers up on a pole were attacked.
I would believe ... the outcome would have been the same no matter knife or gun .... or am I wrong? It would have been bigger news for sure, even the stabbing made the paper.
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Another point I'm curious about (maybe should be separate thread) .... when to draw or not to draw. Do you have to wait until there is a definite threat coming right at you, or can you pull it and try to defuse the situation if the other person has a weapon, even though is not an imminent danger?
I'd hate to get in trouble for wielding a gun ... my guess is it is situational and would be a tough call no matter what.
thanks
I was pottying my dog in '04 in my yard and had a pit bull come up on us, and had my dog pinned to the ground. My dog was screaming bloody murder, and no matter what I did to the pit, he wouldn't let go. I was twisting his collar, punching him, my dad is pounding on him with a recycling bin. I tried lifting him at one point and he had such a grip on my dog, it lifted my dog off the ground! At this point, I thought one of them lives, one dies, and it's not going to be my dog that winds up dead. I pulled out a pocket knife that has a lever on it for one hand operation, and went to work .... the pit let go. I stabbed him 3 times, in the liver & chest. After my dad secured my dog, the pit went wandering away, and tried to attack another dog! It couldn't get leverage on the great dane, then the owner showed up.
If I had been carrying, the entire thing would have been defused with one trigger pull, and saved the pit owner a bill for euthanasion. Now ... would I have been in trouble in your opinion? The cops got involved after we both went to the vet, they got photos of the knife and the site where it happened. As the cop is leaving, he said "I do have to turn this over to the D.A., because it was a stabbing .... but don't lose sleep". I never heard anything further about it.
Since that instance, we've had a 10 year old child get a broken arm from a pit ... as well ... two phone workers up on a pole were attacked.
I would believe ... the outcome would have been the same no matter knife or gun .... or am I wrong? It would have been bigger news for sure, even the stabbing made the paper.
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Another point I'm curious about (maybe should be separate thread) .... when to draw or not to draw. Do you have to wait until there is a definite threat coming right at you, or can you pull it and try to defuse the situation if the other person has a weapon, even though is not an imminent danger?
I'd hate to get in trouble for wielding a gun ... my guess is it is situational and would be a tough call no matter what.
thanks
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