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Comrade Grumpy

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54. Unlike Mr. All-American Gun Toter, the cops should be prepared with different options.

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 01:12 PM

Nov 2013

Like mail carriers, their job requires them to go to people's homes where there might be dogs. Somehow, mail carriers manage to deal with dogs without killing them. Or, at least, I haven't seen story after story day after day of mail carriers wiping out dogs.

Don't cops carry pepper spray? Can't they deploy that as fast as they can deploy a lethal weapon?

Yes, I blame the police for their overweening concern with their own safety and their callous disregard for the safety of others and their pets.

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Owner Grieving After Dog Shot by Police. [View all] RiffRandell Nov 2013 OP

How dare you have a dog... orwell Nov 2013 #1

Video of cops killing dog FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #2

Oh my god. RiffRandell Nov 2013 #25

Back story is they Charged the dog's owner with 6 felonies FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #30

I agree with Cenk Egnever Nov 2013 #42

Young dogs especially because of all that energy... joeybee12 Nov 2013 #3

tragically true etherealtruth Nov 2013 #4

I have a yorkshire terrier that thinks he's a pit bull! MoonRiver Nov 2013 #10

! etherealtruth Nov 2013 #23

My mother had a Yorkie. Brigid Nov 2013 #40

Yet they charge criminals with Asualting an Officer for shooting at K9 units FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #8

Very sad story demwing Nov 2013 #5

agree! DrDan Nov 2013 #19

Exactly. Still - it's a tragic story demwing Nov 2013 #27

Exactly. I, too, just shoot every dog that runs at me. 'Cuz I'm a huge chickenshit with a gun. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #51

pit bull runs at me, and I have a gun, then, guess what DrDan Nov 2013 #52

Unlike Mr. All-American Gun Toter, the cops should be prepared with different options. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #54

yet you excuse the owner for her "callous disregard for the safety of others" DrDan Nov 2013 #55

Still wondering how mail carriers and delivery drivers make it through their day damnedifIknow Nov 2013 #6

+1000 n-t Logical Nov 2013 #7

pepper spray TorchTheWitch Nov 2013 #13

Yes and seems like a much more humane alternative damnedifIknow Nov 2013 #14

that doesn't always work TorchTheWitch Nov 2013 #21

Maybe but it worked well in this instance damnedifIknow Nov 2013 #24

And in that instance the person was prepared for the dog TorchTheWitch Nov 2013 #67

No mail delivery H. Cromwell Nov 2013 #26

That photo...look past the adorable puppy and notice the size of the tree, three presents a dog bone libdem4life Nov 2013 #9

Well, the dog has a square head, so I expect many DU'ers will have little sympathy n/t Scootaloo Nov 2013 #11

+1000 baldguy Nov 2013 #31

Why don't you train your dog so that it doesn't run at and jump on people? Taitertots Nov 2013 #12

^^^THIS^^^ TorchTheWitch Nov 2013 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Cronus Protagonist Nov 2013 #32

A 14 WEEK OLD PUPPY? You'd assume you were under attack by a PUPPY?!? magical thyme Nov 2013 #50

Every single dog...every single one, bar none JanMichael Nov 2013 #58

The dog that was shot was not the 14 week old puppy TorchTheWitch Nov 2013 #63

I misread the article...I thought they shot the puppy magical thyme Nov 2013 #66

I live in rural Arkansas. I guess things are different out here. LiberalArkie Nov 2013 #17

We hired a trainer and worked with him after RiffRandell Nov 2013 #18

It is good to hear that you are trying to be a responsible owner Taitertots Nov 2013 #36

Trying? RiffRandell Nov 2013 #38

Yes, Trying Taitertots Nov 2013 #43

If your ill-controlled animal were to charge at my child, for instance Orrex Nov 2013 #44

First, you have to be smarter than the dog. nt Mnemosyne Nov 2013 #22

"that's what she does. She runs to greet people." demwing Nov 2013 #29

Blame the victim ... TBF Nov 2013 #34

Because the person whose dog is (to any reasonable person) about to attack someone is the victim... Taitertots Nov 2013 #35

Lol - I hope you never get in a pillow fight. TBF Nov 2013 #46

Your response is simply non-sense Taitertots Nov 2013 #60

It is all in the definitions comrade - TBF Nov 2013 #61

the 14 WEEK OLD PUPPY was NOT LARGE and NOT UNTRAINED. She was a baby. magical thyme Nov 2013 #49

Or, at the very least, if you know someone is coming to your house, crate the dog. Myrina Nov 2013 #53

To be clear, is "running at them and jumping" grounds for shooting? flvegan Nov 2013 #65

Didn't they bother to leave a note? KamaAina Nov 2013 #16

Did this dog really need to be shot? damnedifIknow Nov 2013 #20

Cops shoot family dogs all the time. Quantess Nov 2013 #28

exactly! pothos Nov 2013 #59

Oink. Dawson Leery Nov 2013 #33

I thought police were supposed to be better at shooting than that. MrsKirkley Nov 2013 #37

We once had a beautiful mix...Rott, Lab and German Shepherd. She was the most loving puppy, libdem4life Nov 2013 #39

This happened to another dog, but he was not killed Beringia Nov 2013 #41

poor dog, poor owner Liberal_in_LA Nov 2013 #45

A clear-cut case of canine suicide by cop. MindPilot Nov 2013 #47

when cops kill family members or the dog with impunity -- it leaves little question xchrom Nov 2013 #48

Yep, without question. RiffRandell Nov 2013 #57

Scares me to death get the red out Nov 2013 #56

Well, according to some people in this thread RiffRandell Nov 2013 #62

Sometimes, Dawson Leery Nov 2013 #64