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NG VI: said:I don't think they had much time, hopefully their agency doesn't just not issue them with long guns.
Either way, that's what they had, and it did work.
NG IV,
Yep, they were fortunate.
Over the course of my LE career, I've had to dispatch charging dogs (Rottweilers and Pit Bulls) six times. "Urban" patrol will get you alot of that.
I was bitten only once (severely), by a Pit Bull that weighed about 40 pounds after I hit him three times in the upper chest with .45 230 gr. JHPs (Winchester Rangers) that passed nearly his entire length before exiting his flanks.
Two more rounds (muzzle contact) to the dog's left side "removed" him from my upper thigh permanently.
For those who feel that they can effectively answer the fatal threat offered by an enraged mountian lion (whose body weight may range from 80 to 140 pounds), armed with two paws full of knives (claws) and a mouth full of sharp, pointy teeth with a service pistol (in 9mm, .357 SIG, .40 S&W, 10mm, .45 ACP):
I pray that your "self assurance" in your abilities and the "confidence" in your choice of weapon/caliber rises to meet the "reality" that you will face.
In the end though, people will do what they wish no matter how ill-advised it might be and you cannot save them from themselves.
S'pose "kitty" has gotta eat, too.