If the story was one paragraph longer I'm the sure the weapon would have become ...
Posted on 02/28/2013 11:33:42 AM PST by BenLurkin
SAN DIMAS (CBSLA.com) — Authorities say a shotgun-wielding 24-year-old man shot and killed one of two pit bulls attacking a woman and her horse along a trail in San Dimas Saturday.
Sheriff’s Lieutenant David Vega of the San Dimas station said officials were notified about the attack in the area of Foothill Boulevard and Walnut Avenue at 8:58 a.m.
“[The dogs] knocked her off the horse and took the horse down,” Vega said.
“One of them latched onto the horse’s upper leg and locked on. She (the rider) suffered a few scrapes,” Vega said.
The man, a San Dimas resident, fired some shots from his .22-caliber rifle into the pit bull, breaking the dog’s lock on the horse’s leg. That dog was killed.
The extent of the horses’ injuries were not immediately known.
Animal Control took the other dog into custody.
The dogs may have come from a local residence or pit bull rescue, the sheriff’s lieutenant said.
The man was not cited or arrested.
Or both?
oops: should be .22 rifle.
I just wanna know if there was a moose and did it bite anyone.
Isn’t this where Bill and Ted lived?
Maybe a .22 caliber shotgun. It’s California, after all.
A moose bit my sister once.
There used to be an “over/under” shotgun/.22 rifle once upon a time.
Could be that’s what he had?
Pitt Bulls are to America what Hippos are to Africa: KILLERS.
An updated version of the journalists’guide now refers to several of those weapons as “AR-15”s.
Except of course, for the actual AR-15.
...now if we could only train eagles to eat pit bulls... :-)
Correct...It was a 22cal/.410, remember them in the 50’s and 60’s.
Why isn't this woman identified by name? Was she an avid 'Anti-Gun Advocate'??
I'll bet you she loves guns now.
IIRC I had a Red Ryder AK-BB gun when I was a kid.
Stevens 22/410 and the Savage Model 24.
“San Dimas High School Football Rules!”
...whatever, way to go...this is a nightmare for all who walk, ride bikes, etc.
..I see people walking these dogs all the time, and i am aways ready for attack. Some of the dogs are being handled by little women, the dog sometimes weighs more.
“One of them latched onto the horse’s upper leg and locked on. She (the rider) suffered a few scrapes,” Vega said.
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What?? No “and the horse you rode in on” jokes?
For shames, FReepers. For shame.
He should have fired two shotgun blasts into the air or at least thru a door.
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