The gun-sniffing dog: perhaps an answer to the gun. In a world where we all go out and buy guns to protect our homes, maybe instead we should buy gun-sniffing dogs.
Millions of homes protect with the gun. Now, how many of them rely on this alternative -- which may be even better -- instead.
We must wonder if there are none.
Gun-sniffing dogs are trained to smell ammunition by smelling gun power. With no more than a single bullet present and though it hasn't been shot, the dog can pick up the scent. Buy one of these wonderful canine friends and let him guard your home all night. He'll awake if someone comes in. He'll be on them well before they reach you. He'll attack and disable the gunman before a shot is even fired. And, if he doesn't get there before the intruder fires the gun, it is him taking the shot, not you.
Dogs can be trained. I'm not saying train the dog to kill, or to even do much physical harm. Just train him to disarm the gunman, and then to not allow the gunman to re-pick up the gun. Train the same dog to be gentle with the kids. What you train the dog to be determines how dangerous an approach this will be.
Well, I don't know if this will work. It hasn't been tried, to my knowledge. But, it certainly seems, it could. In a world where guns have been our only answer to those who would invade our homes, this might be even better.
One dog sleeping in the living room beats two guns sitting on the nightstand.
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