Guns Yes, Dogs No.

[Victor_c3]

26. Ditto

I have a carry conceal permit.

I had a pretty scary run-in with an unleashed dog when I was walking on a trail before. I had two beagles (25 pound dogs) on a leash and, coming the other direction, some guy had a big white dog off of a leash. The dog had a big lead on the owner and I didn't see the owner at all for quite some time while I was struggling with his dog. The dog went totally nuts on me and my dogs.

The guy's dog was lucky. My pistol was under my jacket and wasn't easily accessible. I probably would have shot his dog had the owner taken much longer to get to his own dog. I didn't even see the owner anywhere for a while and I thought I was getting attacked by some ferrel dog.

Someone else mentioned dropping a firearm and that causing them to go off. I have never seen that happen at all. I once had to do a formal investigation while I was in the Army about a negligent discharge that someone had when they claimed that they dropped their M-16. I spent a day with the guys M-16 dropping on hard pavement to try to get the thing to go off. I thought he might have had a legitimate claim for a while too. If you never take the ammunition out of your magazines and you constantly lock and load the same first round in your M-16, after a couple of months you'll see a small dimple start to form on the primer of that same round where the firing pin must just slightly rest there. However, I was never able to get the weapon to discharge from being dropped - and I've never noticed this dimple phenomenon occur on any other weapon that I've owned or used.

I'm probably in the minority on this forum, but the pro-gun thing is the only "conservative" belief I still hold on to.