Boston Police Shoot & Kill Dogs
In the hotel here and just saw a news story about an incident in Boston where a couple of dogs attacked another resident’s poodle. Neighbors claim that the dogs, belonging to someone in the neighborhood, have been terrorizing folks for some time. The poodle’s owner had to pull the dogs off of the little dog and he was injured doing so. When police showed up, both dogs attacked them. So the cops ended up shooting and killing the dogs. Duh.
In the Fox 25 TV news report, the on-the-scene reporter made it clear (rightly, I believe, from what I know of the story) that he thought the cops were completely justified. But there is apparently a bit of a question about why they fired 11 shots. The reporter made the statement “I’m not sure why they even had that many bullets” which is crazy. Does he think that they run around with one round like Deputy Fife?
This sounds a lot like the thinking that seems to come up when gun owners carry a second magazine or speed loaders for their revolver: “If the gun is just for personal defense why would you have so many bullets?”
How many rounds does the reporter use when he shoots a dog?
My response “In case there is more then one Zombie”
Haven’t they seen Zombieland’s rule number two?
The dogs weren’t tied up, was why. You try shooting a pistol accurately at something trying to chew your leg off.
Should have used a 12 gauge.
Or go the Atticus Finch route, and use a rifle at long range.
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@Kristopher – You missed the point. The reporter asked why they *had* that many rounds, not why they *fired* that many rounds.
In true boy scout spirit “be prepared”. Are you going to shoot out with 1 crazy psychopath or 4? I’d carry a box of ammo if it wasn’t so heavy. Better to have to much than not enough in a gun fight.
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Oh, I got the point alright.
The only sane question was why 11 rounds were needed to hit the dog.
The reporter’s Barney Fife crap was so ludicrous that I simply ignored it as a sign of severe mental retardation.
Of course, the European pre-WWII governments would agree with his crap … they were the ones who armed police with oversized .25 Autos in order to prevent bloodshed.
Why were so many rounds needed? Because the dogs were moving, and it’s hard to hit a small moving target. I’m sure that when the cops train at the gun range they practice shooting man-sized targets that are standing still. Not the same.
My response “In case there is more then one Zombie”
Haven’t they seen Zombieland’s rule number two?