Menacing pit bull is reason to get a gun By Tad Bartiums, Scripps Howarad June 26, 2002 It was dark, my vision was obscured by an armload of laundry and I was distracted by the yowling cat. I kicked open the back door and started down the steps. A menacing growl stopped me. Barely visible in the reflected porch light was a pit bull blocking the sidewalk. Gray, wearing a wide leather collar studded with brass spikes, his ears clipped into points, the 60-pound dog stared unblinking at me, swaying slightly. As he panted, saliva dripped from the corners of...