Many years ago, I had to live in a rather ratty neighborhood. I always parked my car on the north side of the house because that was the only place to park. The next door neighbor had two rottweilers penned up in a flimsy chicken wier cage. One of the dogs decided it would be great sport to bust out of it's cage and chase me around the house to my front door. I don't know how many times I called the cops about it, always got the same answer "can't do anything until it bites you"
I came home one night in a pretty foul mood and the dog did it's usual thing. I thought that's it, I'm not putting up with this any more. Once I got inside, I grabbed my 1911, stuck it in my belt and walked around to my car. True to form, the dog came at me. I took off running and made it to my front porch. I let the dog come within a couple of feet of me before I dropped the hammer. That convinced me right there the effectiveness of the 45 ACP, all it took was one round to drop a 160lbs rott. I called the cops, got arrested for discharging a firearm within city limits, had all my weapons seized, so on, so forth. I went to court, the judge asked me if I was in fear for my life, I said yep, case was dismissed, got my weapons back, and two weeks later the scumbags next door got popped for having a meth lab in their basement.
So to make this a short story, I guess I should have just said yes, I would use my weapon to shoot a dog if needed...but you know me, I like to rattle on and on.....
Mike
