[technochick99]

If my infant child were being mauled to death by a beast, it would only be after I had been rendered completely incapacitated trying to prevent it.

Exactly. I would think that you'd be able to smash the dog's windpipe or at least incapacitate it to some degree.

[Romish_Papist]

Exactly. I would think that you'd be able to smash the dog's windpipe or at least incapacitate it to some degree.

Don't be so sure, from what I've learned, it takes multiple gunshots just to fend off enraged rottweilers, let alone kill them. My fists, or yours, would likely do nothing whatsoever.