I am glad to read this article and respond to it. I am a fan of weapons, as a soldier, I am close to them. I have a gun in my hand every day. But I have NEVER taken the life of an animal or a person. I'm not against what you're doing. Here in the Czech Republic they do it too, the Myslivci call themselves. They mostly hunt wild boars and foxes with the help of shotguns and hunting dogs.
Once it happened that a drunk hunter killed a dog that was running around near the bike path. You mistook him for a fox, he said. He went to court, people were angry.
My dog is a member of the family for me, I like to walk in the forest and I am always afraid that something like this could happen.
Thanks for commenting.
As someone who has owned and operated many firearms I have heard and been in involved in many different situations and the one in which you mention, unintentionally shooting something, happens. Often it's through a lack of attention, difficult conditions, stupidity and simply accidentally and it happens on the battlefield too. I am fortunate to say that at no stage have I killed a target that I didn't want to kill; it must be a terrible feeling, shooting someone's dog for instance, or one's own personnel; friendly fire is in unfortunate part of war unfortunately.
Thanks for commenting though, I didn't know you were in-service actually, I assume the army. I appreciate your input to the topic and look forward to engaging with you again.