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Quite an interesting blog.

ANY dog is “potentially” vicious - under the right circumstances. Most men are “potentially” killer under the right circumstances.

In this particular situation, the gardeners - the guy who was bitten was an illegal invader - were specifically told NOT to come on the property as the dogs were being fed and one of them did and did assaulter said dog with a rake when it barked at him and did grab the dog’s owner when she came to its defense and did grab her and attempt to use her as a shield which the dog, not unreasonably interpreted as an attack and reacted appropriately.

Congo is, at least based on this incident, not a vicious dog. He was doing what any German Shepherd would have done under the circumstances. They are by nature protective and territorial. That doesn’t make them necessarily a danger to the community.

New Jersey is a weird state and the impact of this case extends beyond Congo and his fate. In New Jersey, the use of deadly force is not permitted to protect one’s property or even one’s person as long as an individual is provided with an avenue to escape from a threatening intruder. New Jerseyites have no right to self defense except in the most extreme circumstances.

I see this as related to the warped, perverted, unnatural and depraved state of the legislation enacted by that socialistic left-wing, liberal bastion of krytocracy and supernumerary attorneys.