Edwird
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I think too much is made of guns as for home protection, but that's just me. (Or maybe also a few millions others, but in any case . . .) I agree, though, that there are other ways and means to have injurious or fatal accidents than firearms. I am fortunate to live in a place where I don't feel the least bit threatened by home invasion (not even a simple unoccupied burglary has taken place in the complex the whole time I've lived here) , but I know not everyone is in that same situation. I am looking forward to living in a place like you do, even though nothing to complain about here at the moment. I can walk for 70% of what I really need, bike or car for the rest. That will go away if I move to the mountains or beach, at least some of it. I was never a fan of dogs when I was a child. There were no leash laws then, they harassed the neighborhood, I got tired of stepping in their poop when I was a kid, and I did not enjoy witnessing from 20 ft. away a pack of them ripping a kitten apart before my eyes when I was 8 yrs. old. That episode screwed me up for weeks; nightmares, etc. But when I raised a rolled up news paper to a dog trying to rip my arm off (her teeth were digging in) and let her know I was about to crack her head when I was 14 (she was only trying to protect her home, even though the dumb thing couldn't figure out I delivered the newspaper every day {her chain had broken that day}), I lost my fear, and since then dogs strain leashes to get close to me, and not for biting. I just didn't understand dogs then, because there was no one to teach me. I hated dogs trying to lick me when I was a kid (you killed our kitten!), I only found out years later it's because they like me, and I learned that when dogs run in packs (before the leash laws), they are in survival mode, which might include establishing social rank sometimes by way of figuring out who gets most what of the kill. I eventually figured it out; I don't hate dogs, they like me, they can lick my face all they want, etc. Just don't let them run in packs in neighborhoods. Just saying, I would never have a dog or cat where I live now because I respect who they are, but if on land where they could roam as befits their station in nature, I can't imagine not having one or a few of both.
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