Posted on 11/22/2012 4:50:18 AM PST by marktwain
GULF COVE, Fla. - A man out on a walk Tuesday morning came face to face with two charging dogs in Gulf Coast. He shot and killed one of the dogs.
A witness told deputies he saw the entire incident in the area of Gillot Boulevard and Holton Terrace.
Deputies met with Frank Gross, 63, who lives several blocks away on Flemming Street. He advised he was out for his usual five-mile walk along the same route he takes every day. He said two large Boxer dogs were let out of the home at 5403 Holton Terrace and were not on leashes. Gross said he was across the street and the two dogs came charging towards him. He said he yelled for the dogs to get back, but they kept coming. Fearing for his safety, Gross told deputies he reached into his fanny pack and withdrew a .22 caliber pistol and fired one shot killing one of the dogs; the second dog fled.
You sound confused.
You sound emotional
I’ll have to pass, no cash...:O(
Well if you weren’t being sarcastic then you are
bordering on something closer to jackass or butthead.
Not to say that you are but please don’t embarrass your
self at my expense or I will go supper psychic and tell
you what you really are....(sarc)
“Nice to know we have you as our resident psychic..do you charge for being psychic?”
Hay I thought I was the resident psychic. I wish you would
get your sarcasm straight or give it up because your not
very good at it.
I have been called a lot of names in 73 years, some good, some bad, only a couple of them deserved a punch in the mouth, but I’ll have to add yours to a whole new class of butt names.. The great thing about reaching my age, we don’t embarass that easily. And we don’t suffer fools gladly....not that I am calling you a fool, just a figure of speech..Iknow what a psychic is but what is a (sarc), Is it good or bad... PS thank you for saying bordering, I prefer jackass, you can ride them, don’t know what to do with butt head or bevis....
3 fingers of bourbon does that sometimes....
“but I’ll have to add yours to a whole new class of butt names.”
Good one granny. 73? Jackasses and A$$holes don’t live that
long so I guess your neither. Out of respect for my elders
I apologies and will head your good wisdom.
Sorry but those of us here who know dogs and guns know better.
This was a safe middle class neighborhood where the man walked everyday and Quickdraw knew the exact address of the house where the dogs came from. It's not like he was out in the wilderness somewhere and this was a pack of hungry wild dogs.
Did Quickdraw have any injuries from the second dog??? No??? Why not??? What was the other dog doing while he was shooting his roommate -- reading him his rights???
Those who have dogs and watched dogs and who have been on this planet long enough as this guy has know exactly what these dogs did. They charged and stopped short and barked as some dogs do at strangers who look suspicious to them.
Unless he is Roy Rogers he couldn't have hit a moving target with one shot and if you lived in that neighborhood unless he was Roy Rogers you wouldn't want him taking that shot -- and risk missing and hitting something or someone else.
And if he wasn't still charging at him at the time, but a foot in front of him barking, then he had no cause to shoot him.
If you have spent 63 years on this planet and can't handle a situation like this without pulling a gun and discharging it then put your fanny pack away and stay home.
And in all those times they had not attacked or bitten anyone else, and they didn't in this case either.
The guy with the loaded fanny pack needs to have a leash put on him or his wife shouldn't let him out.
I wouldn't want him walking through my neighborhood.
Thank you Uncle Chip. Ol’ Dan may be related to Chet, just picking on a different breed. In addition to my Boxer, I also have a pit bull. Yes, two dogs...a pack. I established the pecking order when they were young and we still go by it.
I know my dogs and they understand what is required of them. And let me say this, being around them is the most rewarding part of my day.
Dogs will bark at strangers, and suspicious people, and at people in general running or walking by their houses. Sometimes they will want to get up close enough to sniff them and check them out -- and then all is okay.
It's what dogs do to protect their surroundings from danger, and in this case these dogs were right. There was something not quite right with fanny pack man and these dogs knew it and one of them paid for it with his life.
The horror....
The only thing pussyarsed freepers are more daft about than guard breed dogs is anthing to do with race
No wonder u guys fantasize about silly kittens strapped
And purse dogs
Keep your dogs under control and there won’t be a problem.
I could give a crap why they are charging. I’m not risking injury because you are too damn lazy to properly care for your property.
LOL thank you for your courtsey to us old timers....74 Jan. 14th
<>Keep your dogs under control and there won’t be a problem.<>
Keep fanny packing quickdraw under control and there won’t be a problem. Tell him to keep his bullets in his gun in my neighborhood.
Buy him one of these for Xmas:
http://thewalkingcanestore2.com/walking_sticks?b=1
Ahh so you are ok with out of control dogs but not the 2nd amendment.
got ya
So then everytime a gun owner pulls out his gun and shoots someone or some dog, a 2nd Amendmenter is supposed to throw his brain out the window and pin an award on the shooter??? Get real —
First rule of gun ownership: Use your weapon as last resort — not first — something fanny packman forgot or never learned or never intended to keep.
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