i don't own a gun, but know a lot of people who do, and not one of them has ever used it on a person. When i was married to the ex. i used his on a pack of dogs, they were trying to get to the cows that were having calves. I did not feel bad about taking them out. The cows were our bread and butter. Wild dogs that kill are worse then most other preditors, The kill for the fun of it. I shudder that my 2 littles might have been out there. Background checks are already a law. I do not believe the mentaly ill shoud have them or the criminals. Every farmer, and rancher carrys a rifle in their pickups. And they are there for a reason. Which is to protect and defend.