To clarify: I grabbed the .38 to protect myself in case he got happy and decided to turn the gun on me when I went out for the package. I had no intention of showing it, or anything else of that nature. Matter of fact, I didn't show it. It stayed in my pocket.
In retrospect, I shouldn't have even gone out there to begin with. But if I hadn't, would he have shot my dogs?
It was a very fucked situation, and I think I did the best that my frantic mind would come up with at the time. Condemn me if you want, that's your choice. But I'm not worried about it, simply because I think I did okay, all things considered.
