Someone who carries a handgun for self defense isn't a "sheepdog" watching over a flock of sheep. If any over-simplified analogy applies, the individual with a CHP is just like your house dog defending itself and it's family. The responsibility is limited to itself, it's "territory" and it's "pack" and not the wider world.
I have no problem adding "house dog" to the mix. Long before I raised my
right hand, I was one of only two people who came to a neighbor's aid in
an apt building who had just been bludgeoned and was screaming for help.
Besides us, none of the other people would come out or even leave their
doorways --including big strong looking young guys. So I guess I was one
of two
house dogs (one male one female) among the sheep (both male and
female) until the sheep dogs (the cops) showed up.
bah bah [Someone help me! Someone PLEASE help me]
Bark bark [*** is going on outside my doghouse?!]
bah bah bah bah [We (the rest of the flock) don't want to get involved.
Besides, it's interrupting the game.]
Woof woof [Ok, we can take it from here. BTW, do you have a permit for
those claws?]
Bark Bark [I'm the good loyal upstanding house dog]
Woof Woof [Well we don't know if you're a dog or not until we see a dog license]
Bark Bark [What about the WOLF who just tore into one of the sheep
here and cr@pped all over the yard?]
Woof Woof [That's our problem now. We still need to see your dog tag.]
Bark Bark [Fine here ya go...HEY! My tag is at the OTHER end!]
Woof Woof [Looks like that's in order. Ok, back into your dog house.]
Bark Bark [Yeah yeah...]