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3-legged K9 fights crime after losing leg
With his keen sense of smell, Boone helps officers track down evidence, missing people, and suspects.
Author: Brittney Melton
WISE COUNTY, Va. — A K-9 in southwest Virginia named Boone is getting us uplifted with his resilience.He’s a one-year-old bloodhound with the Wise County Sheriff’s Office. With his keen sense of smell, Boone helps officers track down evidence, missing people, and suspects.
But a few months ago, his handler noticed a knot on his leg. That knot ended up being cancer.
Vets were able to remove the cancer, which also led to the amputation of his leg. The sheriff’s office thought it meant Boone would have to retire, but the K-9 had other ideas.
“Two or three days after the surgery I was talking to the vet and she said this dog is bouncing around like it has five legs, it does not know its missing a leg, and she said he’s going to be able to go back to work,” Sheriff E. Grant Kilgore said.
After getting the all clear, Boone did just that, and just a few weeks later, he found a missing child. And in the next two weeks, he found two more missing kids.
Police K-9s typically serve for up to nine years before retiring, and it looks like Boone is well on-track for many more years of service.
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Good Boy.
Belly rubs and treats.
That’s a good boy, yes, he is. No doubt getting around better than my 14-1/2-year-old lab who may be on his last legs in terms of mobility. Poor dog camps in front of the water and expects us to bring him food but is otherwise doing pretty well and putting up with the curs incessant nagging and stealing of his treats.
The Biofire–a real-life version of the guns used by the antagonists in Shoot ‘Em Up. Safety features have their purposes. Me? I prefer a double action or striker-fired handgun without a manual safety engaged. I carried my M92F, Para-Ordnance LDA, and a few other pistols in this manner. More recently, I’ve carried my LCP Max like this. I don’t mind the presence of a thumb safety and train to engage it before reholstering, then disengage it. Of course, being left-handed helped to prompt my preferences. The M92 was ahead of its time, with the ambidextrous safety and reversible mag release. Many other pistols (including Glock, with the Gen 5) didn’t catch up until the past 10 or so years.
Some law enforcement agencies prefer a magazine safety, while the military doesn’t. If you’re being overpowered and might lose control of your service weapon, dropping the magazine will prevent you from getting shot by your own gun, or at least buy some time. Biometrics are different. Maybe some people see an advantage to them, preventing stolen guns from being used in crimes or against their owners. To me, it’s just another fail point. How many of us have been annoyed when our phones don’t recognize our faces or fingerprints?
Also, a heads up for those in the market. The Smith & Wesson M&P Shield EZ Semi-Auto Pistol without Thumb Safety | Bass Pro Shops is going fast. As of yesterday, we had five of the thumb safety versions available in stores across the chain, and just over 100 of the non-thumb safety versions, which can still be ordered online to go to your local store. The catch is that the only ones on sale are the .30 Super Carry versions. The good things are the following:
a) half-off ($250 down from $500)
b) military discount applies ($237.50)
c) there’s a current S&W rebate for a $50 gift card ($187.50 total cost)
The gun is about the same size as the 9mm version, with a 10-round capacity instead of 8 rounds. It’s slim, has a grip safety, and seems to have good reviews. For under $200, we’re talking Hi-Point, or maybe used Taurus G3 or Ruger EC9s pricing.
Mine should be in the Vault by the time I get back to work after the holidays. I’ll be in there today doubling as RSO if we get shooters.
All it takes is a Good Doggy FGS to let this Dog Faced Pony Soldier play our Beloved AW1Ed like a fine violin. It works…every.damn.time! 😀 BZ K-9 Officer Boone! Ol’ Daniel is proud of you.
My whole being is Rebel!
IMO having one of them “Smart” gunz is not so smart. YMMV
$1500 buys you a very, very nice 9mm. To be honest, if someone feels like this makes their house safer and/or protects their kids, I don’t have a problem with it. Just don’t mandate that everyone ELSE has to buy one. My guns work just fine for me, that you very much.
This. There’s a threshold between form and function. As maligned as they are in some circles, Glocks are popular because they both work and don’t break the bank. If you have the money, by all means buy a Shadow Systems or Zev, or just replace everything but the frame on your Glock 17. Just know that my mostly stock (I installed night sights) 17 Gen 5 is going to do 95% of the job at 2/3-1/2 the price.
The 1911 is probably one of the best examples of expensive premium brands not always being the best choice. We sell a Chiappa and a Rock Island M1911. I have the latter, somewhere, having bought it from a coworker for $100. Both work out of the box and might not be the most accurate but at under $500 are a good budget option. We also sell a bunch of Kimbers. Their M1911s range from maybe $600 up to $2k or so, with the higher priced models being closely fitted and very nice to shoot. The problem is, they can sometimes be fitted too well, requiring extensive break-in periods. I’ve contact Kimber for customer warranty service in the past, and their first question is whether or not the customer fired 500+ rounds to break in their pistol. So, expensive pistol, plus at least ten boxes of .45 ACP just to be able to trust your sidearm.