Sawed-Off Shotgun on Space Station

Since this is a slow web day I'll post this link to this strange story regarding a sawn-off shotgun on the space station. Basically they claim its so that when the cosmonauts and astronauts have to ditch the station and come back to earth they can fight off wolves and bears and stuff. What a crock, this thing is clearly being used to fight off aliens from a far away planet or to open difficult cans of beans. Either way I reckon that at some point some drunken american is going to accidently kill someone with it.