“More Democrats Should Be Calling for the Repeal of the Second Amendment”

[Smitty-48]

He will go down protecting his master and end up in doggy Nirvana.

A noble death for any loyal companion.

Maybe buy you some time to get the tomahawk.

Be a shame if it was the post man tho.

Or it will decide that a person down at the park is threatening you somehow, and maul them out of the blue.

If you're going for the attack dog, you want total control. First the dog comes and wakes you up. Then it rolls calm cool and collected at the heel. It's not go time until you give the command, otherwise it waits out for instructions. Belgian Malinois is best breed for tasking.

[Smitty-48]

To circle back to an earlier point - I think a dog makes a much better deterrent than racking a shotgun.

Criminals can hear the dog from outside the house.

Why would you assume that all the criminals in America are soft targets? Drug dealers have vicious dogs, and they get robbed at gun point all the time, home invasion is the threat, burglary is going to happen when you're not home, if you are home, and they come in, you have to assume it is with purpose and resolve, and they are aware of the dog, but that ain't gonna stop them.

If you're invoking crack heads who run off as soon as they hear a family dog barking, that's not a lethal threat, if that will stop them, then so will a baseball bat.

[Smitty-48]

Like, Niggahs who rock the home invasion game? They all have vicious dogs, they ain't scared of them, if they're coming into your house, they're more than prepared to off the dog before they jack you.

[DBTrek]

If trained assassins are infiltrating your house, odds are you’re dead.

But I have no reason to think anyone would spare the expense or trouble to take a hit out on me.

There are, however, multiple drug abuse crises in the USA, and the addicts of said drugs often exercise less than optimal judgment. Now, while their judgment may be impaired there is no reason to suspect that their hearing is likewise compromised.

So - the sort of judgment impaired home invaders I’m likely to encounter might very well respond to the sound of a dog and shuffle on down the street to rob the neighbors. The trained killers I’m NOT likely to encounter wouldn’t care about a dog, nor would they care if I’m armed if they’re any good at their jobs.

[Smitty-48]

No necessarily, It's like in my old neighborhood down in the 6ix, I knew this guy who was mid level pot dealer, and he got this big load of pot, he was just holding it, he was supposed to cut it up and distribute it to other guys, but the other niggahs got wind of it, so they jacked him, and he had a pit bull, but they just bear maced it first thing when they came through the door. They didn't kill him, but they cleaned him out, that's fo sho.

[Speaker to Animals]

A large dog is the greatest burglary deterrent there is.

[DBTrek]

No necessarily, It's like in my old neighborhood down in the 6ix, I knew this guy who was mid level pot dealer, and he got this big load of pot, he was just holding it, he was supposed to cut it up and distribute it to other guys, but the other niggahs got wind of it, so they jacked him, and he had a pit bull, but they just bear maced it first thing when they came through the door. They didn't kill him, but they cleaned him out, that's fo sho.

Yeah ... my sister had a friend in high school who did something similar. Except he didn’t have a dog or a gun. Some thugs came in and blasted him dead, took the weed, and left.

Sometimes fate just has your number. All you can do is play the odds that most people won’t voluntarily tangle with a large dog and most people also won’t murder you for a weed stash.

But when they will ... /shrug

[Smitty-48]

Bear mace; $14.95 down at Canadian Tire, problem solved. It will take a dog anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes to recover, in the meantime, they just run in circles and whine.

[Speaker to Animals]

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-0 ... pickings/2

[Smitty-48]

The subject is lethal force in defense of the castle, which assumes that deterrence has failed. If you're reliant on deterrence, then there's no need for lethal force.

If they're scared of dogs, then you don't need to go to the .357 at all.