Just thought I would throw that into the discussion.

Of course your are referring to his Second Amendment right to ‘keep bears’ … right.

Or did I misunderstand your?

“Police in San Francisco have arrested a 25-year-old man who allegedly broke into a Telegraph Hill apartment on Saturday night and assaulted a woman who lived there.

The suspect–later identified as Jovan Jones, of Marin City forced his way in, forced the victim to the floor, demanded money and property, and sexually assaulted the victim.

A 911 call from a neighbor alerted police. Jones was found hiding in the backyard of a residence on Green Street at about 9:20 p.m. Jones was arrested for burglary, robbery, making threats, rape, false imprisonment and aggravated assault.”

talking dog is conspicuous in his absence. is he a rottweiler?

AFAIK a naked burglar, choking the resident’s dog (the one with ears and four legs, NOT the one depicted in a former Congressman’s Tweet) are irrelevant to determining the lawfulness of the victim’s actions. That’s bonehead criminal law. But since you mentioned nudity, pets, and strangulation:

Amendment to My Irrelevancies:

– As I’m sure you’ve heard, some people have pet chickens, that they let have the run of the house. Imagine the confusion at the prosecutor’s office if the police report read:

“The homeowner came downstairs and found an intruder in his home. The intruder was naked and choking the chicken. The homeowner shot him in leg.”

– PSA Fantastique: A naked man strangling a dog would make a fantastic public service announcement for one of those “This is your brain on drugs” spot on TV. This would be gobs more memorable than an eggs sizzling metaphor.

– Isn’t Miami where that face-chewing-off guy committed his heinous act?

- The state that’s having a Burmese python hunt?

- The state where the glove-dropping-guy chose to live (you know, “the wrong OJ”, aka “The Juice”).

- Speaking of OJ, I’m now even questioning buying Florida orange juice. My paranoia is complete.

Just In From My Thought Bubbles: I have self-declared myself persona non grata at all border entry points to Florida. Since my papers are no longer in order to travel to Florida, I won’t.

(cont.)

Oh, wait, um, never mind.

It could be either way, bad shot or lesser use of force. It is a bit noteworthy that the article mentions the burlgar was charged with resisting arrest, that is after being shot then being confronted by the police he continued to be violent. Pretty dangerous.

One thing that will help with the stress issue would be to go through one of the Firearms Training simulators a few times, the ones that use video and are linked electronicly to a semi-real type of pistol that records where the hits were made. It does help. Breathing exercises help calm the adrenalin.

I am not a Navy Seal. When the Seal shot bin Laden’s wife in the leg, that was deliberate use of less than deadly force. I don’t think I would ever be that good under stress.

When she gets home, I am going to show this story to my daughter and ask her opinion. She is a critter person, and a crack shot. I pity anyone who tried to hurt one of her animals. Her ultimate goal in life is to be a K-9 officer.

I can tell you that a doped up naked man who is displaying violence such as this is a great threat. Such a man murdered a deputy sheriff in King County many years ago. One person is not going to be likely to take him down himself. When they take their clothes off like this, it is a sign of a deranged mind bent on violence.

I don’t think this is any different that he was displaying violence to the dog as being an issue with the dog being property rather than another object it is the propensity for violence that is the threat to the homeowner. I don’t feel the homeowner should have to risk being maimed or killed by this burglar before the homeowner may use force to defend himelf.

Being shot in the leg, the burglar should have considered himself lucky and if the homeowner chose to shoot the burlgar in the leg, he used a lesser force than what could have been lawfully used. I could see a double-tap to the head being done by many other homeowners.

The guy should really thank the homeowner for shooting him and saving his mountain oysters from that dog.

As for the dog not barking, many guard dog trainers teach guard dogs to not bark before attacking. A watch dog is different from a guard dog. A Pug for example, is probably the least likely dog to bite somebody, but they can raise a racket at the smallest sound or movement that is not supposed to be there. None of the local police K-9 dogs growl or bark before being turned loose to search a premises or go after a bad guy. Barking and growling wastes energy that will be needed in case of an attack.

I don’t doubt that is the law. But as a person with an interest in dogs, I would probably feel justified to protect my dog as my family.

And as a hypothetical juror I think I would have some concerns convicting someone who had used force to protect their dog.

I am not claiming that concern for dogs should rise to the level that we have for humans. But my guess is that many would feel that the view that dogs are nothing more than property needs to change.

One has to wonder what kind of drugs they are distributing in Florida. Attacking a dog now. A few months ago wasn’t there a case that involved an attempt to eat someone’s face?

My next trip to Florida, I think I will stay in the hotel bar.

On the Eighth Day God created Dog to watch over the humanoids. “Watch over” the Rottweiler did. His Pal should get the Dog Pal of The Year Award. [Note: no dog dares call his Pal an "owner"-- the rest of the pac would strangle such a dog.] The perp was sent by the Devil. Find out his lineage.