Comment: "Three seconds away from eating lead"? This is why the average person shouldn't be carrying a firearm. I can't count the times someone's dog has come running up to me on trails all over the state and sometimes they seem aggressive until they figure out I'm not a threat. I'm almost always armed when in bear country and have never once thought about shooting someone's dog. Of course if I was ever bit by one it would be a different story but even then I would more than likely strike the dog in the head with my firearm before shooting it dead.