I Am NOT a Sheep Dog

[DrScientist]

Well if your going to reference the analogy you have to be one of 3 things a sheep, a sheepdog, or a wolf. So which one are you?? I mean really is everyone so afraid of this analogy that Lt. Col Grossman laid out that just because some Mall Ninjas have bastardized the meaning of sheepdog! Being a sheepdog does not mean your going to intervene at great risk to yourself in the case of a shooting. It means that you are going to protect "YOUR FLOCK". What constitutes my flock? All of humanity when I am out shopping? Nope. It means for me my wife and myself when we are out and about. Or my Immediate family when we are out. Would I willingly lay down my life to protect them. YES! Would I lay down my life for the clerk behind the register at the local shop and rob? No Would I intervene? Maybe but only after weighing the likelihood that the current threat could later pose a threat to me, and whether I have the advantage as things are currently laid out.

Sorry I went off on a rant but I just get sick of all the "I am not a sheepdog" stuff from people who carry a gun precisely because they are a sheepdog, and not a Mall Ninja, if they were to accurately reference Lt. Col. Grossmans essay.

Agree 100%. I'm a sheepdog for my family, that's about it.

 

[Gr8gunz]

"Sheepdog" is pretty ambiguous to me. Surely I don't head for the gunfire because I am armed in an effort to save the world. However, if I am walking down the street and see a young woman getting raped in an alley or an old geezer getting mugged, do I then head for the tall grass with my cell phone, or, do I intervene and try to help with my firearm? I could legally intervene in either case (in my state) but would I then be considered a "sheepdog"?

Hey Trio, how do you like my new Avatar? Not biggoted like Mel. Sammy hates everybody!! :sarcastic:

 

[Treo]

"Sheepdog" is pretty ambiguous to me. Surely I don't head for the gunfire because I am armed in an effort to save the world. However, if I am walking down the street and see a young woman getting raped in an alley or an old geezer getting mugged, do I then head for the tall grass with my cell phone, or, do I intervene and try to help with my firearm? I could legally intervene in either case (in my state) but would I then be considered a "sheepdog"?

IMO “sheepdog” is more defined by the attitude that having a permit somehow makes me the guardian of society that many who claim the title seem to display. As I have mentioned elsewhere I have “heard” sheepdogs state that the fact that I have a permit imputes a sacred duty to guard the flock. That is what I speak out against.

 

[Gr8gunz]

IMO “sheepdog” is more defined by the attitude that having a permit somehow makes me the guardian of society that many who claim the title seem to display. As I have mentioned elsewhere I have “heard” sheepdogs state that the fact that I have a permit imputes a sacred duty to guard the flock. That is what I speak out against.

I would certainly agree with that. However, I personally don't know anyone who thinks their CCW permit is the same as a badge. I suppose they exist though.

 

[Treo]

I would certainly agree with that. However, I personally don't know anyone who thinks their CCW permit is the same as a badge. I suppose they exist though.

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