Good story RP. Yeah I grew up in a pretty sketchy neighborhood. Everyone on our street was robbed at least 3 times except for us cause we always had a very large and loud dog. Never even locked our doors with that dog. Scared the shit out of anyone dumb enough to come near the house. I went to public schools, and never had any sheltered illusions about what the world was really like.
I don't own any guns, but I do own a compound hunting bow with 60-70lb draw weight which hangs on my wall, and I keep a set of arrows with broadheads on them in the quiver right next to it. I've killed bears with this bow and these arrows. I have no idea what it would do to a human, but I'm guessing it would be extremely messy, and I don't miss. You learn not to miss much when you're shooting a black bear that weighs 500 lbs.
