carring a gun

FireMedic, one of the places is a children's home, and we like to help them out, but to do so we have to do it without the help of firearms. Our dogs are not used to gun shots either, so I wouldn't know what would happen. Funny you say that about an M1 because my granddad passed his down to me. I love that rifle, but carrying that in the woods would be complicated where we hunt. So we just stay on our dogs behind as much as possible, and no matter what type of hog it has been we have been there to either dispatch or tie it up. I'd like to think that we know what we are doing, but another side of me knows that we've probably gotten lucky and not gotten on one in a bad spot. I also think our dogs know their limits most of the time. They are gritty yes, but most of the time if it is a bad boy they will backup and hammer down on em until the CD gets there... Of course all this is the ideal way for it to happen, but out in the woods you never know. I will probably start carrying one in my pack though. And I have a Springfield Armory subcompact XD40.