Should've read your post before I made mine. You're exactly right.
The owner is an idiot. She clearly has no understanding of firearms or responsible pet ownership. This isn't the movies where you fire off a warning shot, then clip the bad guy (or dog) in the ear to down him. Law enforcement is trained that if you draw your firearm and aim it at a subject, it's for defense of yourself or the public. When you pull the trigger, you are authorized to use lethal force to eliminate the threat. You don't shoot once, then see if the offender apologizes, then shoot again until they do. You shoot to eliminate the threat. The officer did so, and should be commended. The dog already attacked another dog, and bit a person, all because the owner was irresponsible. Lady, you should feel bad. Your wrecklessness caused your pet to be killed. I hope you get stuck with vet and hospital bills too, as the other victim seeks medical treatment for the injuries your dog caused.
Creationists, this finally proves Darwin's theory, er, LAW of survival of the fittest.
You never point a gun at something you don't plan to shoot, and you always expect a discharge every time you pull the trigger.
A city park is a home? I don't know if the guy deserved to be beaten to death or not, but saying that the Occupy Crowd, after being told they legally need to leave, continue to squat, tells me they need to be forcibly removed. I think you'll find a lot of the so-called 99% that would volunteer their efforts to make this happen.
There was an interview with a homeless occupier and he said the city needs to treat him better. He was demanding full dental and health benefits, and an upgrade to his campsite as a condition to him moving out of the park. I pay rent, pay hundreds of dollars a month in healthcare premiums for my family, and haven't had dental insurance in well over a decade...and I actually work and pay taxes. If this low-life idiot is demanding free health, dental, and improved living quarters, I'm entitled to a heck of a lot more.
I think lots of people are dismayed with the current inequality in our economic system, but ironically, 99% of the Occupy movements are so undesirable, so uninformed, and so disconnected from reality, it makes the few who are protesting for noble reasons look just as crazy as the majority.
You aren't interested in self-protection? I sure am. If a dog was charging me or my family violently, I would use all resources at my disposal to eliminate the threat. Nice "me against the world" post though. Here's to hoping you sport your TapOut shirt while wrestling an attacking dog to the ground bare-handed. Bonus points if you can make him bark "uncle".
Of course, it's always the dog that's so great with people, loves kids. Here's a thought, if you're in an apartment complex, maybe everyone doesn't love your territorial pitbull as much as you do. If it's off a leesh and charges an officer, I would expect the animal to be shot 100/100 times. Thank God no people were injured by the owner's irresponsible actions.
Wait a second, the mother ran out of gas, and decided to go walking off with her 4 year old, leaving her 2 year old in the car alone, for an hour? Why didn't she bring both kids, no, why did she ever have children. May God protect this child, and may someone slap some damned sense into the mother before her carelessness impacts her other child.
I think that's everyone's dream ending to a nightmare. Being in a position where your actions can save the life of your child, if you are destined to die. Very sad story.
Hmm, I wonder who will pay these medical bills. Surely a guy who loses his arm to a homemade guiliotine in a transient camp has health insurance, and won't have this stupid action paid for by the rest of us.
Wow, he's rather brazen about this crime. But let's be realistic, while he's a sleezebag for illegally importing ammo, what is a person going to do with 500 rounds, and nothing to shoot them with? No reasonable danger to anyone on those flights.
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