who said to do that?

Every legislator ever that has ever wanted us to rely on the government.

 

 

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As far as calling 911 first to get an ambulance there quicker just remember you're also giving the dog an extra 15-30 seconds to do more damage. Better to stop the attack as soon as possible.

 

I can't understand why some think you will be charged with something no matter what the outcome. Yes, if you run out of the house blasting away with your Glock you might becharged with something like reckless endangerment. Most certainly if the victim or a bystander is injured. I can't see anyway you'd be charged with animal cruelty for attacking a dog that's eating a kid. I seriously doubt someone can show me where this happened.

 

If you kill the dog using a firearm and no one gets hurt as a result the concern appears being charged with firearms possession and discharge laws. No one has mentioned this so I guess I will. Exigent circumstances permit one to break a variety of laws and get away with it. If your spouse were being knifed across the street from your house do you really think you are going to be charged if you go out there with a handgun? You really think a prosecutor is going to pursue such a case?

 

The CCW instructor cautioning students about using their gun to save someone else would be wrong if he or she didn't caution you about this. Too many people think a CCW makes them a cop and they're not. Using your firearm to aid someone else is something that depends greatly on your assessment and judgement of the situation. It also depends on what your conscience will let you live with.

Having been in a similar situation twice here is my experience. The first was a kid being attacked by a pit, I lifted up the hind legs yelling in a commanding alpha voice to sit the fuck down, the child dropped, I punched it in the snout while yelling in my loudest alpha voice  then kicked it and it calmed down I grabbed the collar and sat with the dog waiting for emergency services. The second time was when I was a utility worker and the dog tried to attack me........I peppered it then stabbed it. That was also a pit. I love pitts and american terriers. I hate irresponsible and weak owners. I was not charged in the stabbing.

Realistically, I'd have to go grab a gun, reload the magazine since I used them all up at the range, then go find the dog.  By then, the dog would have ate Manhattan.  The steel collapsible baton would be a quicker choice.

 

But I live in a house full of antis, so I can't really keep loaded weapons hanging around within easy reach.  They think guns crawl around at night and randomly fire themselves. I am not making that up.

 

On a somewhat related note to the topic, we adopted a Chow rescue dog about a year ago.  We've done this for over 20 years.  We know how to deal with stray Chow mixes for the most part.   They are not for everybody.  We avoided a burglary not too long ago after the thief decided to move on the neighbor's house after facing two angry, 80-pound dogs not at all happy with this gent trying to pry his way through the patio door.  (We weren't home yet, but they caught the guy later on...a Camden gangsta)

But this one rescue had some serious Cujo issues.  Like a light switch, it would go from calm to full-on vicious attack mode for no reason at all.  We hiring a trainer to try to re-educate this dog, and here was a 6'5" 260 pound ex-marine hiding behind a step stool as his shield from Cujo.

 

Anyway, when Cujo would begin an attack, you don't think about logistics of grabbing any weapon.  It happens so quickly, unless you have something in a holster while you watch TV, there is no time to do anything but tackle the monster (and get bit yourself).

Oddly enough a night after posting this, this scenario had the very real possibility of occurring at work.

 

It didn't. But there was a huge chance of something very bad happening.

 

 

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Stay upright, insert your leg in between the dog and the child.  Once the dog latches onto you, you should be safe to take a body shot at a high angle away from you and the child.  If the dog won't unlatch from the child, pin it's midsection with your foot and shoot it towards the back of the body if it stays on the child or previous instructions if it re-latches onto you.  Dog should immediately lose focus (unless its rabid) and attend to its wound if not dead already.  Remove child from danger and tend to both your wounds, perhaps on top of a vehicle.

 

Or keep you garden hose pressurized.

Pennsylvania:

 

§ 459-501. Killing dogs; dogs as nuisances

 

(a) Legal to kill certain dogs.--Any person may kill any dog which he sees in the act of pursuing or wounding or killing any domestic animal, wounding or killing other dogs, cats or household pets, or pursuing, wounding or attacking human beings, whether or not such a dog bears the license tag required by the provisions of this act. There shall be no liability on such persons in damages or otherwise for such killing.

Here in NJ, to save a life in this case I think I'd use very strong strikes with anything resembling a sturdy stick to stop even a big dog.

After the original gun or no gun question.

 

What adult male can't stop/kill a single dog that is attacking someone else?

 

Dogs are pack hunters, not one on one brawlers (ie a bear)

 

Stomp to hind leg, stomp to head game is over. You may get bit, but unless you get knocked off your feet a single dog will not be able to critically hurt you.

 

Some of the largest breeds are another story, but in general this holds tru.

Stay upright, insert your leg in between the dog and the child.  Once the dog latches onto you, you should be safe to take a body shot at a high angle away from you and the child.  

 

Prove it

Prove it

 

Meet me at the range with a kid and a dog.

lol

id like to see him put his foot in front of Dante..  lmao...

id like to see him put his foot in front of Dante..  lmao...

 

 

LOL.... come back with a stump

Cameras......we must have cameras!