Stats I've seen from the LAPD say that 25% of the time that the LAPD opened fire, it was against a dog.kauboy wrote:Is it legal to use a gun against a dog? I know OC is fine, but are we allowed to use a gun in public to kill an attacking dog? I know I'd rather live and have a dead dog in front of me than to suffer whatever he had in mind, but is it legal?Paladin wrote:I've been through numerous dog attacks. Once I drew my gun, but didn't have a clear shot, and the owner came out and got his dog.
Dogs kill several people every year. Including several in Texas in the last few years.
I believe dog and other animal attacks to be the biggest civilian threat out there. Dog attacks are very common. The CDC estimates that dogs bite 4.7 million people every year. I believe the threat from criminals and nutcases is somewhere behind animals. This site lists victims of violent crime at 1.5 million per year. In my experience dogs aren't smart enough to know when to back off against a CHL, where criminals and nutcases take non-verbal cues better.