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Originally Posted by MattyC
Sounds more intense than the article describes.
I still don't give any leeway to an officer using his weapon on anything that isnt a wild (IE from the woods) animal without actually being attacked. Be on guard, have the person call/control the dog, if the dog begins attacking you to the point that you have to shoot it in order to stop it, fine. It should be last resort. If a dog is shot and the person shooting it doesn't have a single mark from the dog, there's a problem.
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From what it looked like to me (I wasn't there, just watched the vid)...the officer, had he waited about 1 second longer, would have had the dog munching on his gun arm or private bits. I'm frankly kind of surprised he had the time to draw and shoot, it happened that fast. I think it was just 'lucky' (for him...) he hit the dog in the first place.