Man saves child's life; Fined $1000

You know...thais is kind of off topic...but the wife and I drove down to Manchester MD to drop my son's dog off and take a look at the house him and his wife bought to see how it's coming along since they moved in....

Anyway...after we got through Harrisburg and into York...I noticed a billboard....a public service announcement about fucking DOG FIGHTING...if you have any information please call us...your name will be kept confidential...etc....

This is the kind of mentality that gets kids attacked in the first place. "Tough guys" wanting tough dogs to look tough. What pisses me off is that the dogs get put down...but the owners get a fine and just go get another dog to mistreat into visciousness.

I don't think that there is such thing as a bad breed...just real, REAL shitty owners. Of course, I am a dog person....I've owned several different breeds along with a few lovable mutts and I've never had one of my dogs bite anyone....oh they might bark or even growl when a stranger comes to the door...but it's always their tail wagging in excitement.
 
Wait a minute! Are these liberal lunatics indicating that these vicious pit-bulls are of more importance than a 11 year old child who was about to be mauled by these dogs? Also DC is a nice place, and it's not ghetto; if anything you should see how ghetto L.A and Cleveland + Baltimore are. I have family in Georgetown DC which is like DC's New York version of the West Village.
 
I find it appalling too how a man is scolded for saving a kids life.
It just proves how there is no justice in this world, at all.
Good deeds don't go unpunished.
 
Walrus said:
Wait a minute! Are these liberal lunatics indicating that these vicious pit-bulls are of more importance than a 11 year old child who was about to be mauled by these dogs? Also DC is a nice place, and it's not ghetto; if anything you should see how ghetto L.A and Cleveland + Baltimore are. I have family in Georgetown DC which is like DC's New York version of the West Village.
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Well...I may be a liberal lunatic to you...I don't know. But IMO, no...the dogs are of lesser importance than the kid. But the guy that shot the dog was breaking the DC law. He knew the law....he knew he wasn't allowed to carry...but he still did the right thing. A human life is more important than a $1000 fine....I'm glad he made the decision he did.
 
I'm a liberal too and you aren't a lunatic, every class of political orientations have their portions of lunatics.
Also many people carry guns with them in big cities to be cautious.
 
Steelplate said:
You know...thais is kind of off topic...but the wife and I drove down to Manchester MD to drop my son's dog off and take a look at the house him and his wife bought to see how it's coming along since they moved in....

Anyway...after we got through Harrisburg and into York...I noticed a billboard....a public service announcement about fucking DOG FIGHTING...if you have any information please call us...your name will be kept confidential...etc....

This is the kind of mentality that gets kids attacked in the first place. "Tough guys" wanting tough dogs to look tough. What pisses me off is that the dogs get put down...but the owners get a fine and just go get another dog to mistreat into visciousness.

I don't think that there is such thing as a bad breed...just real, REAL shitty owners. Of course, I am a dog person....I've owned several different breeds along with a few lovable mutts and I've never had one of my dogs bite anyone....oh they might bark or even growl when a stranger comes to the door...but it's always their tail wagging in excitement.
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I agree. Some of the sweetest dogs I've had contact with have been Pit Bulls. Their owners also are nice people. Shocking, I know. Same with Dobermans. Of course one needs to be aware of the instincts of the breed of dog they choose to fit into their family.

We've become very fond of Dachshunds here, but when grandchildren appear, they will be crated or I'm even thinking of finding them a new home. Right now, not an issue, but the dogs do have issues with young humans.
 
Walrus said:
I'm a liberal too and you aren't a lunatic, every class of political orientations have their portions of lunatics.
Also many people carry guns with them in big cities to be cautious.
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Walrus...I can understand both sides of the gun argument. On one hand you have the side of the people who are and have been the victims of gun violence for decades....on the other hand, you have a large group of gun owners who have never commited a crime in their lives.

That's why I don't understand the outrage over the Toomey/Manchin bill. It closed a huge method of weapons getting into the hands of criminals....not that it would stop it...but it would have made it much more difficult to access them...on the other hand, it hurt no one who is eligible to have a firearm....other than the inconvenience of filling out a form. It was the perfect compromise to either doing nothing at all or start banning shit.
 
Annie said:
I agree. Some of the sweetest dogs I've had contact with have been Pit Bulls. Their owners also are nice people. Shocking, I know. Same with Dobermans. Of course one needs to be aware of the instincts of the breed of dog they choose to fit into their family.

We've become very fond of Dachshunds here, but when grandchildren appear, they will be crated or I'm even thinking of finding them a new home. Right now, not an issue, but the dogs do have issues with young humans.
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Instincts of the breed aside...the owner makes the difference. Right now, I have a four year old Golden Retriever. She's a literal doll. I had a friend However, who owned a Golden and they had to keep him in an outdoor kennel because it was viscious. Could it have been the breeder? Golden's are notoriously overbred.....or could it have been the owner...or should I say the HUSBAND? He was a douchebag...and I hate to say that, because the guy dropped over dead from a heart attack a year ago. But he was abusive, a heavy drinker and an authoritarian.

In my time...I've had spaniels, hounds, retrievers, herders and toys.....I've never had any of the "protective" breeds, nor the Nordic breeds(Huskies, Malamutes, etc). I understand that those types of breeds take a heavier hand in the training process, but I know that I am not built that way...which is why I avoid them.

One has to know their own personality and limitations.
 
Socrtease said:
So Dude and Howey would have preferred that the child be mauled? This shit didn't happen in a vacuum. Either you want the guy to save the kid, the only way that was possible, or you want the kid to be mauled. This is no fucking gedenken experiment, this is what do you think the best outcome would have been? That the guy NOT have a gun in violation of a city ordinance and the kid get mauled, or the guy shoots the fucking dogs and the kid doesn't get mauled?
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Are all guns banned in DC? Or is this just a criminal who avoided the law?

"I should own a tank just in case someone tries to rob my local bank. When I roll up and blast them, I will be a hero...........and the police will know I'm on their side because I have a bumper sticker that says so."

I thought the hard right wanted states to have the power in decisions? Now that a state does why are you attacking it?

The gov. should have taken other actions, that's a fact. But law is law. If we make excuses, it's no longer law. Today we have seen lots of American corruption through law loopholes or avoiding law.

I think anyone with a brain would say, "Lets enforce laws that way we notice when laws are unjust."
 
Professor Baxter said:
http://www.cato.org/blog/man-saves-...paign=Feed:+Cato-at-liberty+(Cato+at+Liberty)

Benjamin Srigley saw several pit bulls attacking an 11-year-old boy, so he ran into his home, retrieved his handgun, ran back, and shot one of the dogs. A bicycle policeman arrived on the scene shortly thereafter and shot the other two dogs.


Here comes the twist: This incident happened in Washington, D.C., and even though the Supreme Court declared the city’s gun control regulations unconstitutional in 2008, the city government is still quite hostile to gun ownership. How hostile? Well, prosecutors offered Srigley a “deal”: pay a $1,000 fine and they would drop criminal charges against him. Turns out Srigley had lawfully purchased firearms when he lived outside D.C., but he had not registered them when he moved into D.C.


What kind of government would demand money from a guy who just saved a child’s life? The boy’s family can’t believe what is happening to their knight in shining armor. Srigley is now planning to move out of the city. One wonders if District officials can see any connection between their fine and the move.


On June 4, Cato will be hosting an event about the landmark Heller ruling. Registration information can be found here.
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no good deed goes unpunished, i would not want to live in dc
 
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