[Raider Sam]

The dog attacked someone who was encroaching on its territory.

And it shouldnt matter if it attacks a 12 year old girl or a 40 year old or some guy breaking in. How is that different than the rationale for a hate crime - the crime is worse based on who is hurt.

Must be nice to be able to kill something just to avoid liability issues.

[rbg81]

Must be nice to be able to kill something just to avoid liability issues.

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Hey, I love dogs. I had a dog as a kid. I own a dog now. But...if that dog has a tendency to bite innocent people, its gone—period. I am not putting everything I work for at risk just for a dog.

[Salamander]

We now live in a culture where too few understand liability, let alone accept it.

Nobody’s “responsible”, nobody’s “liable” and it’s *always* the other guy’s fault.

I was raised to accept and suffer the consequences of my own stupid actions.

Nobody bailed me out.
Nobody made excuses.
Nobody sued anybody else when I got hurt doing something I shouldn’t have.
Nobody pitied me for occasionally being an idiot.

When I was a kid, my dad flat out told me that if I ever did something that landed me in jail, to get just comfy because he wasn’t coming to ‘save’ me.

He wasn’t kidding.

That was then; this is now.

[Pitty]

I agree with you the dog doesn't know any different. Its someone he dont know in his back yard.