Why a Dog Keeps You Safer Than a Gun [Even if you don't agree with her, I still think this is an interesting video]

YouTube ^ | July 18, 2022 | Rebecca Watson

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCKVn1iToZ0

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I like Rebecca Watson's videos. I don't know if she's right about this one or not, but I think she makes a good argument. Her main point is that people who walk their dogs get to know their neighbors, and that this helps to keep the neighborhood safer.

[central_va]

both is best.

[central_va]

Dogs and guns go together like bread and butter.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

Up here in Canaduh, our Prime zmistake informs us that we are not allowed to use a gun for defence.

Years ago, I was told by a real estate agent friend, that if you have a dog that would bite an intruder, it is better if the dog kills the person, rather than just bites them. Just biting will result in them suing you for everything. If they’re dead, they can’t.

Sad but true.

[KarlInOhio]

Or people in safe neighborhoods are more likely to have a dog (other than a pit bull) to walk. Little yappy purse dogs wouldn’t last for 30 seconds against a New York City rat.

[PGR88]

They are complementary. My friend has a mutt, a mix of some kind of blood hound/shepard/pit bull. The dog has a kind of sixth sense.

The dog seems to know when people just think about approaching his property.

[SamAdams76]

Agreed. Nothing wrong with having both.

[dragnet2]

My German Shepherd can hear a bottle cap hit the street 300 feet away....Nobody is sneaking up on my compound.

[KarlInOhio]

And if you can only have one get the Dobie-o-matic.

[spacejunkie2001]

I haven’t watched the video but will get to it. I do not agree that dogs are better than guns BUTTTT....Dogs are critical to our safety, without a doubt. The most sinister thing? Most apartments and HOA governed properties BLOCK tenant’s abilities to have a larger dog due to random, senseless rules so (and most of the residents of these kinds of places are women) the residents are hugely vulnerable AND the shelters are full of dogs no one can have.

This needs to change

[marktwain]

I know my neighbors without walking a dog.

The combination of a dog and an armed person as a team, is very difficult to beat.

[GaltAdonis]

"...both is best..."

We Have A Winner!!

[gundog]

Yup. Duck hunting without either one is kinda futile.

[Sans-Culotte]

I only walk my dog when I am armed.

[SamAdams76]

I moved into my first HOA community a few years ago and found to my dismay that you were only allowed up to 30 pound dogs - which eliminated my favorite breeds such as border collie and husky. (My border collie died about a year before I moved in here.)

The result is that most owners here end up with poodles, terriers and other toy dog breeds. Now I like all dogs but I just can't see myself with such a little dog for a pet.

I'm hoping I can eventually sneak a medium size dog in here, maybe in the 40-45 pound range as they don't go around weighing them (at least not yet!) but the 30 pound rule seems stupid to me and really limits what kind of dog you can have.

[NWFree]

“ Dogs and guns go together like bread and butter.”

Like peanut butter and chocolate

Like weed and coffee

🤪

[spacejunkie2001]

not everyone is inclined to fight this stuff but we REALLY need to step to the plate and push back on these ridiculou bi laws. It is honestly horrendous what’s happening as the number of dogs being euthanized is off the charts

[Hot Tabasco]

The only dog I would trust to protect my home is one that could rip the throat out of a home invader, not those little yappies that are only good for practicing field goals.....

[shotgun]

Same with my Boerbel and Cane Corso. I pity the fool that steps over my fence.

[Rappini]

She lost me when she said she was seeing a shrink.