Cowards with guns

[Reverend Joe]

From someone who loudly supports the right to shoot people if they feel the least bit threatened .

If you have a dog keep it secure in your property , if you fail to act responsibly then don't moan when someone shoots the mutt .
Simple isn't it .

Let's not even go there. No matter the circumstance, there is still a difference between a potentially dangerous person and a ******* dog.

[Goofball]

Gotta go with Tribes on this one. It was only a dog. Maybe they made the right call, or maybe the dog was actually harmless. But speaking as someone who was put in the hospital after being attacked by a dog (though it was a dalmation that bit me, not a lab), I say, take no chances. An animal's life is not worth anything close to a person's safety.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Gotta go with Tribes on this one. It was only a dog. Maybe they made the right call, or maybe the dog was actually harmless.

An animal's life is nothing compared to a person's safety if the person was actually threatened. You can't just go around shooting animals because they give you a shifty look or two.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Gotta go with Tribes on this one. It was only a dog. Maybe they made the right call, or maybe the dog was actually harmless. But speaking as someone who was put in the hospital after being attacked by a dog (though it was a dalmation that bit me, not a lab), I say, take no chances. An animal's life is not worth anything close to a person's safety.

So, shoot every dog that looks at you or advances in your direction?

CR

[Tribesman]

No matter the circumstance, there is still a difference between a potentially dangerous person and a ******* dog.

Yes there is , I would probably think twice before shooting a person .

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Yes there is , I would probably think twice before shooting a person .

I wouldn't think twice about shooting a person who was a real danger to my life, but I would think twice before shooting a dog that wasn't.

[Tribesman]

I wouldn't think twice about shooting a person who was a real danger to my life, but I would think twice before shooting a dog that wasn't.

And ???? what has that got to do with the price of cheese?
Try following the line of posts ....

No matter the circumstance, there is still a difference between a potentially dangerous person and a ******* dog.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

And ???? what has that got to do with the price of cheese?
Try following the line of posts ....

The dog was obviously not a danger to the life of the person, and therefore should not have been shot.

[Tribesman]

The dog was obviously not a danger to the life of the person, and therefore should not have been shot.

A dog doesn't have to be a danger to the life of a person , an uncontroled dog in a public place unattended can be shot , because any uncontrolled dog can be potentialy dangerous .
Whats up with you people ? havn't you ever shot a dog ?

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

A dog doesn't have to be a danger to the life of a person , an uncontroled dog in a public place unattended can be shot , because any uncontrolled dog can be potentialy dangerous .

You should not kill things based on potential danger.

[Crazed Rabbit]

A dog doesn't have to be a danger to the life of a person , an uncontroled dog in a public place unattended can be shot , because any uncontrolled dog can be potentialy dangerous .
Whats up with you people ? havn't you ever shot a dog ?

No, they can't be. You're talking out of your ass.
North Carolina laws on dangerous dogs:
http://www.animallaw.info/statutes/stusncst67_4.htm

(2) "Potentially dangerous dog" means a dog that the person or Board designated by the county or municipal authority responsible for animal control determines to have:

a. Inflicted a bite on a person that resulted in broken bones or disfiguring lacerations or required cosmetic surgery or hospitalization; or

b. Killed or inflicted severe injury upon a domestic animal when not on the owner's real property; or

c. Approached a person when not on the owner's property in a vicious or terrorizing manner in an apparent attitude of attack.

So no, not just any uncontrolled dog is labeled a "potentially dangerous dog" under the law. And there's no mention of shooting such dogs.

EDIT: The town mayor disagrees with you as well:

[Mount Olive Mayor Ray] McDonald Sr. disagrees.

"I don't know of any rule or regulation that we have got that permits an officer to kill somebody's pet," he said. "It sounds like we made a horrible mistake. ... It's wrong. Absolutely wrong. I'm sure my board feels the same way."

http://www.newsargus.com/news/archiv...rible_mistake/

CR

[Husar]

Immediately, she thought of her Rottweiler, Bella.

"Because of her breed and her size, I could understand if she got loose and scared someone," Ms. Mangum said.

Well, apparently her dogs weren't quite restrained enough, add to that a neighbor who called police thinking the dog was aggressive:

She was in her yard collecting sticks and pinecones when she mistook a playful lunge for one of aggression, she told her neighbor.

Now I wouldn't expect every police officer to be a dog psychologist so if you want your dogs to be safe, keep them inside when you're not at home or make sure your neighbors do not call the police and tell them your dog is being aggressive.

[Tribesman]

if you want your dogs to be safe, keep them inside when you're not at home or make sure your neighbors do not call the police and tell them your dog is being aggressive.

Or hope that your neighbour hasn't got a gun and shoots the dog without calling the police .

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Or hope that your neighbour hasn't got a gun and shoots the dog without calling the police .

Did it make a difference in this case?