Woman attacked by her pit bull has to ask neighbor to shoot the dog

[RamboLiberal]

BROOKLINE (KDKA) – Early Wednesday morning, a pit bull turned on its owner, forcing the woman to choose between herself and the dog.

A woman was in the violent grasp of her own pit bull. Biting her arm and refusing to let go, a neighbor shot and killed the dog.

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“A lot of people were trying to call the dog, trying to get the dog off. But it seemed pretty single-minded and focused on one thing,” Matlack said.

Another neighbor came over with a gun and with consent from the owner, he fired two shots.

“As soon as he fired the first shot, the dog let go and made a beeline toward him – kind of made a step toward him – and that’s when he shot and put the dog down again,” Matlack said.

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2010/12/30/pit-bull-shot-after-turning-on-owner/

FYI he used a shotgun. Good thing he had the firearm and the skill to rescue her.

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[Whoa_Nelly]

2. huh?

How so...why?

[RamboLiberal]

3. So you'd rather the dog killed the owner? n/t

[slackmaster]

5. That's not funny, and makes no sense whatsoever

Welcome to DU.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

6. I presume you do not know how to use the sarcasm tag...

[slackmaster]

4. LMAO @ majorly fucked up sentence.

"Biting her arm and refusing to let go, a neighbor shot and killed the dog."

So the dude bit her arm, wouldn't let go, AND shot her dog. What an asshole!

:rofl:

[TPaine7]

7. Just another indicator of the state of US education.

Apparently, illiterate people are being hired as newspaper writers, as editors, or both.

[slackmaster]

8. Diana Moon Glampers is making sure that nobody excels at anything

Or is it Janet Napolitano?

[lawodevolution]

16. "7. Just another indicator of the state of US education. "

And now you understand why people think a dependent clause like "A well regulated militia, being necessary to a free state" can govern an independent clause like "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

In reality a dependent clause cannot govern an independent clause; therefore, the collectivist view on the 2A is based on ignorance caused by either our failed education system or dishonesty.

[Sal Minella]

10. Ate, shot, and left.

Sorry. Involuntary response.

[Straw Man]

11. Known in the trade...

...as a dangling modifier. It's amazing how many people just don't get it when you try to explain it to them.

WRITER: "But... why would the neighbor bite her arm?"
EDITOR: "I don't know--you're the one who wrote the sentence."
WRITER: <look of stunned incomprehension>

[slackmaster]

12. Dangling or just plain misplaced, not even ambiguous in this example

Right up there with classics like "The antique piano was sold to the woman with spindly legs."

[Tx4obama]

9. K & R n/t

[Atypical Liberal]

13. Wow, I'd be nervous as fuck.

I'd be nervous as fuck with someone discharging a shotgun at a dog attached to my arm.

[oneshooter]

14. Well the option would be to live with a dog hanging from your arm. n/t

[Kennah]

15. Don't worry. It won't be that long.

The arm? Or the length of time one lives?

[ManiacJoe]

17. The spread pattern is not anywhere near

what Hollywood would have you believe.

00 buckshot from an 18 inch barrel spreads about 1 inch per yard.