mustangkiller
Regular Member
Bear with me this is kinda long winded and odd but here goes nothing....
I was out front with my dog this afternoon and some moron went flying down my street. That got me to thinking. If a person decided to beat my dog with a stick or some other deadly weapon for no apparent reason other than she's a pitbull and I used deadly force to protect her, would I be charged with a crime? My wife says yes because you can't shoot someone just because they attack your dog. I say why not? TX law allows deadly force to protect your property. In the eyes or the law isn't that what a dog is? I also wonder if a LEO can use deadly for to protect his K-9, why can't I do the same? Why does the law view his dog more valuable or more important than mine?
Would I shoot someone in this scenario? I don't know, maybe. Let's hope I never have to find out. I was just curious what the fine folks at OCDO thought.
Ready, set, discuss.......
I was out front with my dog this afternoon and some moron went flying down my street. That got me to thinking. If a person decided to beat my dog with a stick or some other deadly weapon for no apparent reason other than she's a pitbull and I used deadly force to protect her, would I be charged with a crime? My wife says yes because you can't shoot someone just because they attack your dog. I say why not? TX law allows deadly force to protect your property. In the eyes or the law isn't that what a dog is? I also wonder if a LEO can use deadly for to protect his K-9, why can't I do the same? Why does the law view his dog more valuable or more important than mine?
Would I shoot someone in this scenario? I don't know, maybe. Let's hope I never have to find out. I was just curious what the fine folks at OCDO thought.
Ready, set, discuss.......