"Getting a dog as an offensive or defensive weapon is a lot like having a loaded handgun in the nightstand," said Lockwood. Usually a child, a family member, or a neighbor is the one who gets harmed. In his studies of more than 300 fatal dog attacks over the past 25 years, he says just one was a burglar.
Overall, not a bad article, and it's definitely nice to see any article that shows human-animal interactions to be something other than what Disney imagines. But, I'm not surprised to see this particular load of crap in anything from CNN, always part of the anti-gun crowd. How many burglaries are prevented by either of these "defensive weapons"? A dog is more of an early warning system than anything else; an early warning so you can wake up and use that loaded gun in the nightstand. So, 'Dr.' Randall Lockwood, show us proof - real, objective, and empirical proof - of this statement. Really, Dr. Lockwood, you should try reading the "Armed Citizen" column in an NRA magazine before shooting off your mouth. Jackass.
Ok, I feel better now.