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Attacked by a dog?
HuskerXDM:
Was taking a walk with my 6 year old (he was riding his bike). A black lab came barreling out of an open garage and got between the two of us. My son got scared and started to ride away which sent the dog into hysterics, luckily I was able to get between them and the dog was more bark than bite. Still, I had my hand on my pistol once I got between them. Luckily the owner finally realized it was HIS dog that got out of his open garage door and called him back.
Hardwood83:
I'm curious about the legal specifics in this instance too. My opinion is if a dog attacks you in a public place it deserves to be shot.
Lorimor:
Shoot it. You are under no obligation to be dog food. A dog can hurt ya real bad, real quick. A trained one can make ya real dead, real quick.
bullit:
The use of DEADLY force is justified when one is under the immediate and otherwise unavoidable threat of death or grave bodily harm to ones self or other innocents...... that includes the four legged variety, too.
OnTheFly:
I was thinking about dog attacks too. Not necessarily due to an encounter like this, but because of my recent experience with my dogs. The other day I was playing rough with my 80+ pound Golden Doodle and he was reciprocating with equally rough play. During this time I was thinking, "I'm glad this dog likes me, because if he REALLY wanted to hurt me, it would be very difficult to stop him".
It is not just the big dogs. Another time I was trying to hold our 60 pound dog in one spot while she was being neurotic about something that scares her, and I could not do it. Even with my arms wrapped around her torso and holding on to a couple of her legs, she wore me down in a reasonably short time.
Pepper spray would work great on one of those days when you happen to be standing (or can position yourself) upwind of the dog/attacker. Then again, if you spray it and it blows back to cover you, maybe you will taste bad enough that the dog will leave you alone. ;D
I am NOT a fan of firing a "warning shot" when it comes to humans. If you are facing a human attacker and you have been forced to draw the gun, you must proceed to fire unless the BG immediately turns and runs. However, considering a human knows what a gun is when they see it, but a dog does not, would a warning shot into soft(er) ground be enough to deter a vicious dog? Considering how hard our soil can be in the dry months, maybe you would still have to be concerned with ricochet.
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