Ford, all the youngster has talked about is defense against dog attacks.
Years ago, when I was a youngster, 15, I lived in a very rural area of Southeast Louisiana. We were lucky to see a police cruiser, maybe, come once a month. Though there was that time there was near 50 State Troopers that showed up when there was a Klan rally on the back road.
We had a problem of people from the city of New Orleans, who would drive out to that area and toss out their unwanted pets. We had twenty some odd barn cats at one time. Before long, a pack of feral dogs became a serious problem. We called the ASPCA, the Orleans Parish animal control and the NOPD. All responded that where we lived was outside their jurisdiction. People were waking up to find their family pets dead and ripped apart on their door steps. This escalated to cattle attacks. We had a young heifer, that had a football size wound, the flesh ripped out of her neck. Then when two children were chased from their bus stop to their home, enough was enough.
The locals paired up and went looking for these dogs turned predators. The young man, I was with, had an old H&R .410 shotgun. While, I had a ASM Third Model Colt type Dragoon. I had loaded it with 40 grains of Goex FFFG, topped by a plastic button, Ultra Hi Spit Ball Lube and a round ball. I bought this gun from SWC, for a whopping $25.00, who had an ad in the Shotgun News. Money I earned, my Mom ordered it for me.
We ran into the main pack. My companion had a bird shot shell in his gun. He threw down on the pack leader, a huge black great dane, at about 100 feet away. The dog just shook his head, like he was shaking off gnats. Many of the other dogs lit out. But, the dane was coming for us. At about 50 feet, I hauled up my hog leg and let loose. The dog rolled tail over head twice and laid still. At twenty feet, I let fly a second ball into his head. Upon examination, my first ball caught him in the chest and exited between his tail and his anus at about eleven o'clock.
I've seen first hand what a Pitt Bull can do, without provocation. I am not a fan of the breed. Nor do I go "here doggie, doggie" to any stray, no mater breed or size.
And lastly, kids his age are being handed rifles, by our military, every day and shipped overseas to get in peoples' faces. I hunted, alone, at age 9 to put meat on the table. I like to think that we are encouraging self reliance and responsibility. So, I have to say, I agree that we disagree.
