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38splfan · April 5, 2005, 10:09 PM

You can steal my wife if you must, but touching the dog or truck will earn you a bullet

Seriously though, I would have done nothing different, except maybe not ask more than once.
If he is in my yard, on my property, I have no reason to assume he is not a threat.
I would have spotlighted the guy, asked once, THEN presented the weapon. IF he did not drop the dog and either surrender or run away I would have fired under the presumption that if he is on my property he has more than a dog on his mind, like my wife and two month old son.

Funny, since Aiden was born, I have become much more protective and MUCH less tolerant.

April 5, 2005, 10:09 PM	#33
38splfan Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 2004 Location: Ft. Lewis/Tacoma, WA. Posts: 1,034	Dogs and Trucks and Wives. You can steal my wife if you must, but touching the dog or truck will earn you a bullet Seriously though, I would have done nothing different, except maybe not ask more than once. If he is in my yard, on my property, I have no reason to assume he is not a threat. I would have spotlighted the guy, asked once, THEN presented the weapon. IF he did not drop the dog and either surrender or run away I would have fired under the presumption that if he is on my property he has more than a dog on his mind, like my wife and two month old son. Funny, since Aiden was born, I have become much more protective and MUCH less tolerant. __________________ "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to others and I expect the same from them." - John Wayne