Sometimes, reading some of the comments on this website makes you just want to hit your head against a pissing brick wall. If a man has a gun you're not going to go over to him and kick the shit out of him, are you?
If he had just shot your pride and joy, then i would imagine many would! I couldnt say what i would do because i honestly dont know, but the emotion that would be brought out with that sort of incident would probably overide logical thought.
On a different topic, i cant beleive how many people would actually shoot a persons dog! Either very brave or incredably stupid.