Posted on 10/25/2007 8:03:45 AM PDT by Bean Counter
I have a beautiful dog. I have had dogs all my life. I just don’t confuse dogs with people, that’s all.
If S-CHIP ever passes, that might be a wash...
You are right. Nontheless, shoot my dog and I will stomp a hole in your chest with my size 13s.
Having dogs and forming bonds with them are two different things (no matter how beautiful).
By your callous remark towards the officer's grief, I'd venture to guess you've missed out on some really great times with your "possesions".
Life? Sounds good to me.
I’d say somebody feels threatened by dogs....(chuckle)
That's the dangerous component of this incident.
“...the man was seen fleeing as deputies arrived, Clark County Sheriff’s Sgt. Tim Bieber said.”
Sgt. Bieber should have stuned him.
I do have a dog. A red lab. And I agree that this is just a dog. Police dogs are mere property(as are all dogs) and the man should only be charged with destroying police property...like say a squad car. If he shot the windows out of a squad car, that’s the level of seriousness this crime is, imo.
Given the seriousness of his previous crimes, shooting out the windows of a squad car under these circumstances would probably be sufficient to land him in the pen for life under the three strikes rules.
I got no problem with that.
Me neither. But don’t make this about a dog, for crying out loud.
I was just watching a show about a doctor from the old communist Czechoslovakia who was a pure incompetent and was responsible for a loss of life in anesthesia but was told not to practice high level medicine anymore.
He delivered babies in a home-like clinic. 6-9 babies died due to his use of a labor-inducing agent (he did not use a fetal monitor.)
He is in jail for 53 years to life for several counts of 2nd degree murder.
While he should be in jail, you could make the argument that he is less morally culpable (did not MEAN to harm) than this guy.
And yet the doc is still in jail (or dead) and this scumbag is out.
Reminds me of a case of a guy who shot a cop in Seattle. He was killed, thankfully, but he was out after serving only 8 years or so on murder charges.
Maybe we need to focus more on murderers, rapists and armed robbers and less on druggies—UNLESS, they step up into that category.
“Given some of the people and many of the dogs I’ve met, that seems fair to me ;~)”
I agree.
Fry. Him. Now.
Second it. =^..^=
You don't seriously think that anti-gun laws prevent criminals from getting guns do you? (shaking head in disbelief that someone would be so naive)
I take it you don't have a dog.
What difference does it make if someone has a dog or not. Dogs are ANIMALS (ie property) not little furry people any more than pigs, goats, cats, chickens, cattle and other domestic animals. They are incapable of reason. Animals should NEVER be given the status of people.
I think putting him behind bars for life is a good idea, although it's too bad the taxpayers will have to pay for it. Are you really a bean counter? I am, too. Getting closer to retirement every day, though!
Carolyn
I worded my post poorly. My apologies. It should have stated; “If someone shoots my dog...” I didn’t mean to suggest that you would shoot my dog.
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