[goat granny]

Years back hubby and I went camping for vacation with our 5 kids and he always packed a gun....We use to go to regular camp grounds but also national forests and state forests...

The only time it would have been of use, he didn't pack it..We were in Georgia at a campground and after dark one of my boys needed to go to the bathroom...No problem, were in a lighted campgrounds....until I heard him yelling for help.....mom theres a dog here and won't let me move...I had heard the dog barking but thought nothing of it....until he yelled..

Turned to hubby and said Wheres the gun....bummer, it was the only time he didn't pack one in years of camping...

Sometimes a good threat is enough in the campgrounds...I yelled at him to stay put I was coming with a gun....(so I lied, big deal)

I saw the owner of the dog take off toward the bathroom and collar his animal....Things worked out OK that time...

[pandoraou812]

I glad it worked out that time. When we had our trailer at a campground where bears & drunk people wandered about we kept a flare gun. It is legal & I would have used it. Shame the campground got so bad we had to leave . I loved the cedar river.

[Godwin1]

Two years ago the Chicago cops shot a cougar in a residential area about three miles from the city's downtown Loop area. When they cut it open, they discovered it had been eating deer. Speculation was that it had traveled from Wisconsin, following the railroad embankments which generally run through wooded ares. Deer are like vermin in the suburbs of Chicago.
On a local radio news program, animal rights people had a fit—better training and equipment by the cops would have led to a better result, they complained. The district police commander was asked to comment on this. He said there was a wild, dangerous animal that had posed a threat to the community, particularly to children. The cops had killed it, removing the threat. "What better result could there have been?", he said, his voice expressing bewilderment. I assume he was sent to PC class for media refresher training. But he was right.