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<blockquote data-quote="ASP785" data-source="post: 2769180" data-attributes="member: 12170"><p>I flat out hate trying to run with a firearm. I will jog with one, but running with one just upsets my back on the carry side. Anything faster than 9 min / mile, and I will carry a medium sized pocket knife with an auto assist. I carry it in my hand and alternate when I am running. I can deploy the knife in my hand much faster than a firearm. At the rate a dog closes, I think its more handy than my 1.5ish second draw from concealment.</p><p></p><p>I have had 3 run ins with dogs in since I started running. The worst was when I was jogging in a neighborhood in Collinsville with my little Brutus. I was armed this time when a German Shepard, with no leash attacked us. Brutus is a Rottweiler and what he lacks in brains, he makes up for in brawn. Even though he had a choke collar on I couldn't hold him back. He would die trying to defend me. I had to let him go and the two dogs started at it. At one point my dog had the GSD on the ground so I grabbed his leash to pull him away. When he released the other dog started at it again. I had to get a stick and smack the other dog until he decided to go home. I believe I was legally justified to shoot at anytime during this whole thing but first, I didn't really want to kill someones dog by discharging a firearm in my neighborhood and be 'that' guy, and second, I wasn't sure what would happen to my dog when the police showed up, because he was right in the middle of it too. Im just glad my little buddy was there, because I probably would have had to defend myself if he wasn't there to step in. In this situation a knife would have been handier. I just don't want to have to shoot a gun in a crowded neighborhood.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ASP785, post: 2769180, member: 12170"] I flat out hate trying to run with a firearm. I will jog with one, but running with one just upsets my back on the carry side. Anything faster than 9 min / mile, and I will carry a medium sized pocket knife with an auto assist. I carry it in my hand and alternate when I am running. I can deploy the knife in my hand much faster than a firearm. At the rate a dog closes, I think its more handy than my 1.5ish second draw from concealment. I have had 3 run ins with dogs in since I started running. The worst was when I was jogging in a neighborhood in Collinsville with my little Brutus. I was armed this time when a German Shepard, with no leash attacked us. Brutus is a Rottweiler and what he lacks in brains, he makes up for in brawn. Even though he had a choke collar on I couldn't hold him back. He would die trying to defend me. I had to let him go and the two dogs started at it. At one point my dog had the GSD on the ground so I grabbed his leash to pull him away. When he released the other dog started at it again. I had to get a stick and smack the other dog until he decided to go home. I believe I was legally justified to shoot at anytime during this whole thing but first, I didn't really want to kill someones dog by discharging a firearm in my neighborhood and be 'that' guy, and second, I wasn't sure what would happen to my dog when the police showed up, because he was right in the middle of it too. Im just glad my little buddy was there, because I probably would have had to defend myself if he wasn't there to step in. In this situation a knife would have been handier. I just don't want to have to shoot a gun in a crowded neighborhood. [/QUOTE]
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