I'm sure that your hypothetical shooter would've had his hands full dealing with an angry 140-pound Rottweiler and probably would've gladly surrendered to the police to get away from said dog.
It’s gotten SO bad that I’m afraid to take my own damn -support- dog with me everywhere like he was intended to do because I live in fear of a traffic stop.
If a cop reaches into the truck, he’s going to draw back a stump.
If I refuse to leave the truck for fear of what he’ll do to the dog, the dog is NOT going to put up with a stranger pulling me ~out~.
God forbid the cop do something like toss me around or throw me down and cuff me.
My dog will die doing the job he was trained to do.
[and I seriously doubt all the freaking “Support Dog” patches on his working harness will ever be read by any cop *first*]
WTF kind of world is this??