Posted on 04/30/2018 4:56:36 PM PDT by marktwain
Otis Arnold was on his way home from work, and stopped to help right after one of the dogs, a Belgian Milnois, was shot and killed by a neighbor who had stepped in.Dog owners are responsible for the actions of their animals. Under Oklahoma law, dogs that are attacking livestock can be shot by the property owner. There is no special provision to shoot dogs that are attacking people. Oklahoma law allows people to shoot other people that are attacking them, however.
"She was screaming that she thought the dogs were trying to tear her arm off," Arnold said.
It was only after the gunshot that the other four dogs, all German Shepherds, ran off.
"One of them had a 4x4, and they were trying to fight the dogs, and it still wasn't keeping them off." Arnold said.
Slaughter sustained serious injuries to the stomach and arms and was taken to a Durant hospital. She's expected to be okay.
"No one would've thought it wasn't safe to just walk down the road, that dogs would attack you," Arnold said. "Nobody deserves to be attacked by dogs."
One of his neighbors shot that dog during the attack, which is against the law in Oklahoma.Most adult men can handle a single dog in combat, if they are determined and ruthless. Almost any weapon, even improvised weapons, give the man the edge. But any number of dogs greater than one pose a significant threat. Dogs instinctively know how to take down larger animals as a pack.
"In Oklahoma, unless a dog is attacking your livestock and is on your property, you can't shoot a dog," Marshall County Undersheriff Ed Kent said. "However, these guys saved a life yesterday, so they're good to go in our book."
Hopefully animal control is out looking for the other four dogs.
I was returning home from classes one day in college when I entered a field. I came upon a pack of about 5 dogs. They got up and came after me.
Luckily I was carrying a large, golfing-type umbrella. I used it to smack the lead dog hard right across the muzzle. He yelped in pain and ran off. The others fled.
I conceal carry a .380 all the time and have a 9mm in my truck. Where I live I really don’t expect to have to use either firearm on another person however the possibility of confronting attacking dogs is always foremost in my mind.
I had not thought about those statistics. I wonder where they would be counted, if anywhere. Possibly in hunting associations?
Same here in semi-rural AZ. Wife and I ALWAYS pack for just such a scenario. Those city people who tire of their pets bring them "out in the country" and turn them loose. About once a month we'll see one or a pair of obviously once pets wandering around looking pretty forelorn. They disappear after a while, so I don't know if other people take them in or if they starve to death.
No doggies but bears are foremost in my mind when out and about up here. Large Calibers are a must have.
Amazing what a gunshot does to a pack of rabid antifa liberals attacking a small woman
Lead dog = alpha dog, the rest followed his lead. Good move going after him.
Talk about a stupid law...
“Belgian Milnois”
Had to look that one up. Very similar to a German Shepard.
I wonder if the shooter used a .44 bulldog.
Just because there's a law that says you can shoot a dog attacking livestock doesn't mean you can only shoot them when they are attacking livestock. There is the legal doctrine of necessity, and there is also the inherent right of self defense and defense of others.
Belgian Malinois. Journalists can’t get anything right.
Gary Kleck has done the most credible surveys about defensive gun uses. He deliberately asked people *not* to count defensive uses against animals.
When they CDC did large surveys that included questions about defensive gun uses, they followed Kleck’s lead and excluded defenses against animals.
If another large survey is done to determine defensive gun uses, a separate question should be included for defenses against animals.
Defending against animals is just as valid a use of a gun as a defense against another person.
Malinois are Belgian "German" Shepherds, the are almost indistinguishable, but all the really expensive professional policed dogs of choice are Malinois.
A careful bred and vetted Malinois starts at $5-6K depending on the amount of "pretraining" it has received. The price goes up from there.
They disappear after a while, so I don’t know if other people take them in or if they starve to death.
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