Can someone help me out? Do I have to get attacked and actually be bitten first before I can legally shoot a neighbor's dog?
Now I'm not talking about a barking and growling dog on their side of the fence. I'd just have to keep my distance.
But what if this Pit Bull jumped the fence (which this dog certainly can do, easily) and charges me or my elderly mother and her little 7 lb, wimpy dog? Do I have to wait until one of us get bitten first or can I legally shoot it when it hops the fence and being aggressive?
Just about very time I'm out in my yard and/or walking near the fence bordering our yards, the dog charges towards me and bites the shiz out of the metal linked fence. Full jaws clamping and yanking on the metal fence, growling like crazy while the other Pit Bull stays right behind, barking & growling.
Because if it gets my mother, it may kill her or I may not shoot and risk her getting shot with hollowpoints, as an old woman is not going to do well with HP's in her. Her little dog will definitely die from just one clamp of this Pit Bull's jaw, easily.
Now I'm not talking about a barking and growling dog on their side of the fence. I'd just have to keep my distance.
But what if this Pit Bull jumped the fence (which this dog certainly can do, easily) and charges me or my elderly mother and her little 7 lb, wimpy dog? Do I have to wait until one of us get bitten first or can I legally shoot it when it hops the fence and being aggressive?
Just about very time I'm out in my yard and/or walking near the fence bordering our yards, the dog charges towards me and bites the shiz out of the metal linked fence. Full jaws clamping and yanking on the metal fence, growling like crazy while the other Pit Bull stays right behind, barking & growling.
Because if it gets my mother, it may kill her or I may not shoot and risk her getting shot with hollowpoints, as an old woman is not going to do well with HP's in her. Her little dog will definitely die from just one clamp of this Pit Bull's jaw, easily.
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