Maybe this has happened to you -- man is loading up the suv for a trip into town, trying to make friends with the snooty neighbor, when bam, out of nowhere comes a rabid bobcat chewing on the wife. He does a pretty good job of keeping his head, and keeping us informed. "That's a bobcat!".

Yes, that is a pistol in his hand, safely, discreetly, and presumably legally carried. Nobody gets shot.

Makes me glad we have rabies shots.