“I don’t know where you live, but I don’t let my animals just roam the streets
Did you ever think about reading the article the thread is discussing?
“Nancy Verzone says a loose pit bull first went after her rat terrier in her backyard. When she snatched her dog from the pit bull’s jaws, the attacking dog followed her inside.” “
I was posting to what your partner in pit bull killing, “Die Hard the Hunter” was stating as his preferred way of dealing with them, i.e. vigilantism, shooting into backyards, etc. IF someone was doing what he advocates, which is what I posted against, they are going to get shot at in return. He was claiming the same legal protection for doing so, that meter readers have for entering a yard (actually, they enter with the consent of the homeowner, by contract) to wit “Legal Purpose”. Someone shooting into MY yard with me present, is firing on ME, period. I cannot take the time to stop and ask the bullet who or what it’s aimed at. It is absolutely self-defense, and I’d doubt that any court (other than in some extremely liberal jurisdictions) would rule otherwise.
You, then, took it farther, alleging that I had a “typical gang-banger mentality” without you knowing thing #1 about me. I did say that I don’t trust the judgement of the ACO’s as to what a “pit” is or isn’t. In working with Weimaraner rescue, I’ve had them try to foist “pits” off on me as purebred Weimaraners. Some knowing, some not. I had a dog referred to me by an animal control agency here last year as a “weimaraner” that was rust-red. Sorry, they don’t come in that color. The judgement of animal control agencies in the area I cover, as to the particular breed any given dog is, is highly suspect, at best. That’s why I would prefer there be a hearing of some sort, with someone who has a clue about breeds, before we start taking peoples’ dogs, assuming we ban pits etc. If we’re going to go after the pits, we need to go after Rotts, Cane Corsos, Tosas, and so on, as ALL of these are becoming or are already popular with the gangs and dog fight crowd out there.
I read the original article, I have no problem with that dog being dead, only I wish the owner to not have incurred any loss (whether pain or otherwise) in the incident. She was entirely within her rights to do what she did.
Quote and link.