[theDentist]

On the other hand, if the dog had jumped and ripped the officer's throat, we'd have wondered why he didn't have his weapon out already.

[decimon]

On the other hand, if the dog had jumped and ripped the officer's throat, we'd have wondered why he didn't have his weapon out already.

I'm not without sympathy for what a police officer must anticipate. I don't fault them for having guns drawn given that they were responding to a burglary in progress. But this is so bad that I had to laugh at the thought of such a cockup. Is it that if you have a gun then you get shot and if you don't then your dog gets shot? It is your own home, after all.