You guys should'nt get too worked up over any of this gun stuff; as we have a newbie with no gun experience on our hands, and certainly don't need to encourage HER to carry a gun on the trails because she's already decided she's too afraid to be on the trail alone. I certainly hope she does'nt abuse her dog(by ignoring it and leaving it in the yard) in the future due to it's 'lack of desire to protect her' <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />