There's no way on earth I'm going to VOLUNTARILY try to use an impact weapon on a pit bull that's trying to kill somebody.M-Quigley wrote:Say hypothetically someone is willing to take the risk to themselves to get involved in a situation like this, where without some kind of intervention prior to the police arriving (who knows when that might be depending on where you live) that person could die, what could a person do to at least divert the dogs attack off of the initial victim? Pepper spray, ball bat, claw hammer, or crow bar over the head, some method that doesn't involve the chance of accidentally shooting the victim while the dog still has a hold of him/her.
Pit bulls have thick skulls. I have zero confidence that I'm going to do anything except get the dog to turn on me.
Given time, I'd pull my 4" Model 29-2 out of the safe and load it with 240gr. Winchester white box magnums.
If I didn't think there was time, I'd grab my 3 1/2" Citadel M1911 and AT LEAST a couple of magazines of 200 gr. Gold Dots or 200gr. Hornady XTPs.
My goal would be to protect somebody from harm, not suffer it myself to no purpose.