Skywarp
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So today this woman comes into the store and asks what it takes to buy a handgun in California. I tell her all the rules and she just seems in a hurry so I ask her why she needs a gun so she goes on to explain...
She lives on the outskirts of town where it's still semi rural. The neighbors behind here were raising 7 pitbulls. They have been beating down the fence so a large part of the fence has been temporarily rebuild using a flimsy chain link so now she can see into the back yard quite well. There were 7 dogs. Tuesday one of the dogs got into her backyard and was chased by three other dogs. The first dog was mauled and killed by the other three. The other three dogs prowled her backyard prompting her to call the police. The police responded " Call animal control" she called AC but it was after hours and they would be out the next day. She called the neighbor and told him to get his dogs. He did and at her request left the dead one in its place. She has pictures of the dogs in her yard during the mauling, after wards as well.
The next day AC comes to investigate takes the dead dog out and goes to the neighbors house. Magically there is only 3 dogs. None of which are in the pictures she has and the guy denies everything. She calls the police, again no help. Animal control comes out again to see if the dogs are back but the guy isnt home .She asks what she should do and he says "Get a way of defending yourself from the dogs if worse comes to worse, a gun our something"
So she shows me the pictures. They are Pits and they are big ones. She wants a handgun butI tell her its too hard to hit a fast moving target. She says shes a good shot but I sugest a shotgun instead. I show her the 870 but it's too long, as is the 11-87 and nova tactical also for giggles I show her a Benelli M4, too big and too expensive. Finally I show her a Mossberg 500 tactical with collapsable stock. Fits her right and explain how to use it and explain to her that it will kill anythign she points it at. Dog or person so she has to be really really careful.
Its 50 yards from her back porch to the fence, the fence she says is a heavy wood fence. The dogs are over 100lbs so I sugest 4 shot, 2 shot or at most 4 buck. Something in a heavy magnum for up close shooting out of a cylinder bore. Above all i advised if not not needed she should hole up , avoid shooting the dogs and call the police and animal control and avoid shooting at the dogs unless absolutely necesary.If she does have to defend herself there is no grazing or wounding. The shot will kill anything, that gets in its way or severly wound it. There is no middle ground.I guess she's also worried her smalldogs will end up like the dead pitbull and is afraid her teenage 16 and 18 year old sons could be attacked.
Anything else I should have added? Was I wrong?
I hate that people have raised dogs like this.
She lives on the outskirts of town where it's still semi rural. The neighbors behind here were raising 7 pitbulls. They have been beating down the fence so a large part of the fence has been temporarily rebuild using a flimsy chain link so now she can see into the back yard quite well. There were 7 dogs. Tuesday one of the dogs got into her backyard and was chased by three other dogs. The first dog was mauled and killed by the other three. The other three dogs prowled her backyard prompting her to call the police. The police responded " Call animal control" she called AC but it was after hours and they would be out the next day. She called the neighbor and told him to get his dogs. He did and at her request left the dead one in its place. She has pictures of the dogs in her yard during the mauling, after wards as well.
The next day AC comes to investigate takes the dead dog out and goes to the neighbors house. Magically there is only 3 dogs. None of which are in the pictures she has and the guy denies everything. She calls the police, again no help. Animal control comes out again to see if the dogs are back but the guy isnt home .She asks what she should do and he says "Get a way of defending yourself from the dogs if worse comes to worse, a gun our something"
So she shows me the pictures. They are Pits and they are big ones. She wants a handgun butI tell her its too hard to hit a fast moving target. She says shes a good shot but I sugest a shotgun instead. I show her the 870 but it's too long, as is the 11-87 and nova tactical also for giggles I show her a Benelli M4, too big and too expensive. Finally I show her a Mossberg 500 tactical with collapsable stock. Fits her right and explain how to use it and explain to her that it will kill anythign she points it at. Dog or person so she has to be really really careful.
Its 50 yards from her back porch to the fence, the fence she says is a heavy wood fence. The dogs are over 100lbs so I sugest 4 shot, 2 shot or at most 4 buck. Something in a heavy magnum for up close shooting out of a cylinder bore. Above all i advised if not not needed she should hole up , avoid shooting the dogs and call the police and animal control and avoid shooting at the dogs unless absolutely necesary.If she does have to defend herself there is no grazing or wounding. The shot will kill anything, that gets in its way or severly wound it. There is no middle ground.I guess she's also worried her smalldogs will end up like the dead pitbull and is afraid her teenage 16 and 18 year old sons could be attacked.
Anything else I should have added? Was I wrong?
I hate that people have raised dogs like this.
next door) that the dog would be shot on the next aggressive encounter. I shot it less than 10 feet from my back door. My wife was trying to get back into the house as the dog came after her. She had our son in her arms. Can you believe PD actually cited me for discharging a firearm? 
