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Whenever someone asks me why I need more than ten rounds in a magazine, I say what’s need got to do with it. And, you know, because feral dogs travel in packs of more than ten.
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August 20th, 2009 at 9:36 am
I too am tired of the “need” based argument. I am the one who determines my needs – I don’t “need” anyone else to make that decision for me.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:26 am
“I don’t need an UZI for hunting. I also don’t need a Corvette to go get a gallon of milk.”
-Ted Nugent
August 20th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Dog packs in rural areas are a problem. Even pets with good homes become aggressive and dangerous when they gang up in an uncontrolled environment.
And the owners will almost always deny the possibility of their pet becoming an aggressive animal when it runs off to join a local pack for an afternoon of harassing wildlife, domestic livestock or other pets.
I gave up years ago discussing this issue with rural neighbors of mine who don’t seem to mind that their dogs attack people walking down the street. A relative suggested I follow the “SSS” procedure with such animals – Shoot, Shovel, Shut Up. Works for me.
August 20th, 2009 at 11:06 am
I clicked the link expecting a news story of some jackboot SWAT break-in to the wrong house or such. My bad. 🙂
August 20th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
The last time I went into the woods without a gun I spent 4hrs in a tree waiting for the pack to leave. NEVER AGAIN.
August 20th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
I carried an 8+1 .40 until the night my wife and I wandered into a gang of 13 or so teenagers beating the crap out of someone in the sleepy suburban subdivision my parents live in. Now I carry a 13+1 .40 and a 6+1 .380.
August 20th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Feral humans travel in packs too, and they can be more dangerous than dogs.
August 20th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
yeah, wizard, but they don’t which of them you WILL shoot, so they’ll run once you open fire.
August 20th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I’m not sure what magazine the guy was carrying…but it reminds me of a story from a friend.
His boss found himself surrounded by a bunch of “unfriendlies” while confronting them about pelting his store with rocks. They were threatening him, so he pulled out his firearm. One of them asked, “What are you going to do, shoot all of us?” His reply, “No, but I’ll get 17 of you.” They quickly decided it was in their best interest to back down.
August 20th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Blake, Friend of mine was loading music equipment in a car. Some youths decided they wanted. He pulled out his 44 special. One youth said something about him only having 6 shots (though he really just had 5). He said to the speaker of the group But you’re first. They left.
August 20th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Awesome responses by both your friends. The first time I was in that kind of situation, about 20 years ago, I the wrong words came out of my mouth (I asked the robber holding a gun at me at less than three feet if he had a bag for the money of if he wanted one of ours). I’ve done better that last couple of times, but nothing close to what you’ve both cited.
August 21st, 2009 at 10:09 am
I listened to a story on This American Life about a woman who was visiting the countryside to relax and was attacked by a rabid raccoon. She managed to get away from it long enough to call for help to her son and husband, who grabbed a baseball bat and a garden hoe from the house they were staying in. They managed to finally kill it, but really had to pound on the creature a long time before it finally went down and stayed down.
I thought to myself, you’re in the country and NONE of you had a gun?? I then though to myself, they’re probably city folk who don’t own a single firearm and think guns are “icky”. No, what’s icky to me is having to cudgel a rabid animal to death rather than shoot it a few times…
My family (we lived in the suburbs) always brought our guns with us when visiting my grandmother’s farm in rural Missouri, and I always had at least one gun on me whenever I went into the woods for a walk.
August 21st, 2009 at 10:30 am
I’m in the outskirts of Atlanta and I walk down a gravel sidewalk to the local convenience store for a bottle of Jack Daniels. There’s a mostly German Shepherd bitch hanging around the parking lot. The Korean guy tells me that he does not sell liquor but that there’s a liquor about half a mile more down. I buy some munchies for me and a package of luncheon meat for the dog. I’m out there opening it for her, and a guy in a pickup truck pulls up and asks, “Is that your dog?” I say, “No, I don’t know whose she is”. He gets out of the truck, takes a bag of dry dog-food from the bag, and pours some out for her. The Korean guy comes out and yells at both of us.
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Guy Sagi: If you are unarmed and facing an armed robber, the Kleck study says your safest option is silent compliance.
If you aren’t able or going to shoot, the safe thing to do is to STFU.
If you are armed, and willing to shoot, the safe thing to do is to STFU and start shooting immediately. Running your mouth puts you at additional risk in all circumstances.