I DIDNT CARRY ONE FOR YEARS, AND THEN I GOT IN A COUPLE OF BINDS AND WISHED I HAD ONE. IN ONE OF THEM WE BAYED A BAD BOAR AND HE WAS BUTCHERING OUR DOGS SO WE JUMPED IN AND TRIED TO HELP THEM. MY BUDDY ENDED UP WITH OVER 30 STITCHES IN SEVEN CUTS AND MY PANTS GOT RIPPED FROM MY CALF TO MY HIP BUT SOME HOW IT DIDNT CUT ME. I WISH I WOULD OF HAD A GUN THAT DAY. IT WOULD OF SAVED A COUPLE OF GOOD DOGS AND SOME PAIN AND SUFFERING FOR MY BUDDY. NOW I TOTE A TAURUS CIRCUIT JUDGE LOADED WITH .45'S JUST IN CASE. MY BUDDY CARRIES TWO M-60'S WITH GRENADE LAUNCHERS STRAPPED TO HIS BACK ! JUST KIDDING ABOUT THAT LAST PART.