From what I heard on the news report this morning, the school has a fence, but the dog got in through a gate that was left open.
We must have common sense dog controL.
I wasn't there, and I doubt any other commenters were either, but I'm not sure a gun would have been the best solution here. A dog attack is a fast-moving thing, and--teeth being a melee weapon, not a standoff weapon--necessarily occurs in very close proximity to the victim. Or a dozen victims.
How many here would say they're absolutely comfortable with their marksmanship to be able to hit a dog under those circumstances and not hit a kid accidentally? Oh, and don't forget that your defensive ammo is designed to achieve a certain degree of penetration against a human, and a dog--even a pit bull--is going to be smaller, so you have to not only be accurate, but guarantee no pass-through.
Who wants to be the one explaining to the kid's parents how he got that bullet wound?
How many here would say they're absolutely comfortable with their marksmanship to be able to hit a dog under those circumstances and not hit a kid accidentally? Oh, and don't forget that your defensive ammo is designed to achieve a certain degree of penetration against a human, and a dog--even a pit bull--is going to be smaller, so you have to not only be accurate, but guarantee no pass-through.
Who wants to be the one explaining to the kid's parents how he got that bullet wound?
I would in a heartbeat. Put it against the mutt's head/body if nothing else.
And no... I wouldn't do a spray & pray across a playground. But I've always pretty much hit where I aimed (got my first handgun at 16).
YMMV.
So, you're comfortable with a gun in your pocket allowing that dog to chew up a dozen kids? I'm trying to work my head around that reasoning.
Because, clearly, there are exactly two possible courses of action, right?
I know what action I would take.
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