I had to read the article. No kidding, that is what the dopey owner really said.
Top the madness with the police confiscating the saviors gun. Now he cannot protect himself or a neighbor in similar circumstances. I think I would have told them, gun?, I don’t recall.
I know - that's idiotic. He shot a dog that was attacking children, for Heaven's sake! (Funny how my cats never do anything like that ... they don't bark, either.)
But since this story is set in Alaska, we can probably assume the gentleman owns other guns!