Posted on 01/24/2013 3:46:46 PM PST by Teotwawki
A man who fatally shot a pit bulls as it viciously attacked an 11-year-old boy with two other dogs could face charges for violating Washington D.C.'s gun laws. The young boy, who has not been identified, was riding a new bike on his home street in the Brightwood neighbourhood on Sunday when he collided with a pack of unattended pit bulls. The dogs immediately began attacking him, sinking their teeth into his arms, legs, stomach and chest, and leaving him in need of surgery. A neighbour, who has also not been identified, witnessed the attack, ran into his home and grabbed his handgun to shoot at the dogs, the Washington Times reported. A police officer who heard the gun shots raced to the scene and shot the other two dogs, stopping the attack, a police report noted. While he may have saved the life of the boy - who later underwent surgery on his wounds - the man could face charges for firing his gun on a D.C. street, rather than on his personal property.
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This is Washington DC.
I expect he will be charged.
If he lives in Brightwood he is probably white, making it a certainty.
You know it is f#cked up when the law prohibits a person from saving the life of another.
Part of the plan - prosecute anyone who discharges firearms regardless of how justified their use. Make all legitimate aspects of gun ownership as painful as possible to overcome reasonable arguments in favor of maintaining their legality.
All we really need to do is make them stay in a few cities in a few states! NYC, SF, Seattle, Portland, New Orleans and Boston.
By county, we are red, by huge cities we are blue and they have the majority votes...
Why did you only post 2 pages of 200 page book?
bandwidth?
I will go one step further, if the Prosecutor Files charges in this case, the Prosecutor is himself GUILTY OF ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A CHILD, by siding with the rabid pit bulls running wild he is by definition a party to the CRIME and deserves nothing less than Life In Prison or a weekend at Michael Vicks Dog ranch.
LOL!
It is D.C. afterall! Where common sense doesn’t exist and absolute lunacy does!
Thanks for sharing it. We live in a country run by idiots .
Thanks for sharing it. We live in a country run by idiots .
You can say THAT again! :{)
“This is Washington DC.
I expect he will be charged.
If he lives in Brightwood he is probably white, making it a certainty.”
There is no way a jury is going to convict this guy if it does indeed go to trial.
You don’t know Washington DC juries.
I agree he should get jury nullification, but if charged it will cost him a ton of money for lawyers, and I would not be surprised if he lost.
Well, when one of the acts advances the Gun Control Agenda, but the other merely saves a kid's life, you can bet the liberals will place one on a higher plane of importance, granting exemptions from the law and whatnot. Because, let's admit what's really important to them.
It shows how much the MSM has become an administration propaganda machine that this was not considered a story by American reporters.
Only DC cops get to shoot dogs. Pit bulls mauling children. Labradors playing in the yard. Chihuahuas sleeping in baskets.
You gots to be a cop if you wants to shoot da doggie.
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