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Police: Jogger Shoots At Pit Bull
Local6.com ^ | 6/26/07 | staff

Posted on 06/26/2007 4:09:55 PM PDT by highimpact

DELTONA, Fla. -- A woman who went on a jog with her two dogs Monday night attempted to shoot a pit bull because she felt threatened, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

According to sheriff's deputies, Christine Bruce was jogging past 1435 Gainesville Drive in Deltona when she observed a pit bull in the front yard. Bruce told officials that the dog's owner, Rickey Ward, was exciting the animal in such a way that she felt like she was going to be attacked. Bruce, who was attacked by a pit bull three years ago, said she asked Ward to stop, but Ward released the pit bull and told it to attack her, according to a sheriff's report.

"If it happens to you once, you'll never forget it. I wasn't going to let that happen to me again," Bruce said in reference to the prior attack. "Large dogs are a leathal weapon. If they're unleashed on you, you've got to treat them as such."

Bruce, who was carrying a baseball bat, mace and a gun, shot at the dog but missed, and the pit bull retreated, the report stated.

"(My dog) didn't get but 100 feet from the woman. The woman wasn't in any danger, and I stand by that," Ward said. "My dog started darting off, and I said, 'Cleo, stop!' and she stopped. I got the leash and carried her back."

"Had I not shot at the dog, he wouldn't have stopped," Bruce said.

Sheriff's officials said Bruce went to the nearest fire station and called 911. She does have a permit to carry a concealed weapon, officials told Local 6 News.

(Excerpt) Read more at local6.com ...


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KEYWORDS: banglist; jogger; pitbull; shoots; woman
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To: diverteach

really?


21 posted on 06/27/2007 5:40:15 AM PDT by beebuster2000 (choice is not not peace or war, but small war now, or big war later masquerading as peace now.)
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To: migjig
...pitbulls if trained properly and cared for ...

That's a really BIG *IF*. Most owners do NOT fall into that category and the breed is so unpredictable that they are disasters waiting to happen.

No, they are not misconceptions about pitbulls. The breed is dangerous and unpredictable.

22 posted on 06/27/2007 5:41:09 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Recon Dad
The only good Pit Bull is a .........

Fireplace rug?

23 posted on 06/27/2007 5:44:31 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (July 11, 2007. The Rebellion begins!)
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To: beebuster2000

More to the story?

She said she was attacked by a pitbull three years ago.


24 posted on 06/27/2007 5:45:28 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: beebuster2000

Dang right. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a dog lover and owned one all my life. The dog that came after me had a history of doing so not only with me but with others.


25 posted on 06/27/2007 5:57:50 AM PDT by diverteach
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To: Always Right
She should have shoot the dogs owner.

I agree, if a dog kills someone I say it's the death penalty for the owner, this is way out of control, these folks get these vicious dogs and love to threaten folks. I would like to see 5 or 6 breeds eliminated from the planet.
26 posted on 06/27/2007 6:02:38 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: Scythian

Which breeds?


27 posted on 06/27/2007 6:31:54 AM PDT by az_illini (Freedom is the freedom to say two + two make four. If that is granted, all else follows-G. Orwell)
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To: ExSoldier; diverteach
Looks like we all have our stories to tell. I used to get chased and snapped at by a big collie/shepard mix when riding my bike home from where I worked nights.

No gun, though. I used a machete.

28 posted on 06/27/2007 8:18:18 AM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: highimpact

“A woman who went on a jog with her two dogs Monday night “

Not only was she carrying the mace, gun and baseball bat while being with her two dogs (I’m assuming on leashes) it says she was jogging. I would really like to see how someone pulls this off...


29 posted on 06/27/2007 9:12:39 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: diverteach

well in that case , good shooting. its not easy to hit a moving target with a handgun. how close were you?


30 posted on 06/27/2007 9:44:32 AM PDT by beebuster2000 (choice is not not peace or war, but small war now, or big war later masquerading as peace now.)
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To: beebuster2000

“well in that case , good shooting. its not easy to hit a moving target with a handgun. how close were you?”

2-3 feet


31 posted on 06/27/2007 2:13:49 PM PDT by diverteach
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To: metmom

Could use a little more sophistication, but highly effective.


32 posted on 06/29/2007 4:47:07 AM PDT by 2ndClassCitizen
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To: diverteach

WHAT a great post!


33 posted on 07/02/2007 11:07:03 AM PDT by Finny (Only Saps Buy Global Warming)
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To: highimpact

“Large dogs are a leathal weapon”.

“Leathal”? Does the so-called news organization employ kindergartners?

“Leathal” weapons are almost as bad as “marshall” law.


34 posted on 05/07/2020 8:10:04 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ
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