Here in Pittsburgh, we had a police K-9 killed last week when he was stabbed by a knife-wielding maniac.
In addition to an absurd week of public mourning for a DOG (complete with flags at half-staff and a big public funeral on Friday), there is now a bill in the State Legislature to make the penalty for killing a police dog a minimum of 10 years in prison.
More than you would most likely serve for killing a HUMAN BEING.
Meanwhile the police can still kill YOUR dog with impunity.
Legislator should be a part-time job, that pays just enough to reimburse your expenses. They should meet once every two years for no more than six weeks. We need to stop letting politicians run things.