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“… The Big Bad Dog… BOUNNN.TAYYY HUNTERRRR!”
So I guess now is a time to talk about mental health…
Never a bad time to mention that besides killing almost 3 people per day american cops also shoot a huge number of dogs per year.
The Department of Justice estimates that American police officers shoot 10,000 pet dogs in the line of duty each year. It is impossible to ascertain a reliable number, however, because most law enforcement agencies do not maintain accurate records of animal killings. The tally may be substantially higher, and some suggest it could reach six figures.
…some animals have been deliberately shot and killed under questionable circumstances, including through doors or while tied, running away, or hiding. Studies show that some officers shoot pets unnecessarily, recklessly, or in retaliation, and that subsequent civilian complaints are investigated inadequately. Moreover, not every animal that police officers shoot is a large dog that may be more likely to pose a genuine risk to human safety—or even a dog at all. Police claiming a threat to human safety have shot puppies, Chihuahuas, Miniature Dachshunds, and domestic cats, among other pets. In some tragic cases, bullets missed their nonhuman targets and injured or even killed human bystanders instead.Was the dog black?
I’m dying over here
Amazing comment.
This is the most American thing ever to happen.
More like “Unqualified gun owners criminal neglect kills woman at convenience store.”
Found the dogs defense attorney
That’s what the dog wants you to think 🐕
She wasn’t killed but your point stands: The headline, while obviously being clickbaity and maybe even trying to be funny hides the underlying problem:
Somehow, the dog had triggered the shotgun – which had a live round chambered – to fire, damaging the vehicle and striking a female passerby.
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It is illegal in Nebraska to drive with a loaded shotgun in your vehicle.
I see, when it’s a dog we use the active voice but when it’s a white nationalist we use the passive voice.
No but on a more serious note, why are people who are this unsafe with guns allowed to be gun owners in the US? It’s okay though because next time a good guy with a gun will be there to kill the dog before it kills someone.
“Police responding to reports of a shotgun blast at a convenience store sounds like the opening of countless American crime movies[…]” No, it sounds like the beginning of a normal day in America.
Believe it or not, a convenience store having a dog fire a shotgun is still a very abnormal thing in america
Yet at the same time, not at all surprising.
Brave officers shot the suspect. No?
She should have just obeyed his orders.
It’s the crossover mashup of John Wick and Cats vs Dogs that no-one asked for.
its a DOG shoot people world out there.
it’s important that dogs be armed. Only a good dog with a gun can stop Kristi Noem.
I’m feeling so bad for the dog, it must be terrified
I’m feeling a lot worse for the innocent bystander who was fucking shot with a shotgun.
Kristi Noem absolutely shitting bricks right now
That dog is in training to seek vengeance upon Kristi Noem on behalf of the entire canine species.
That dogs name? B.I.N.G.O.
If only there had been a good dog with a gun.
All dogs are good dogs until proven otherwise.
Good boy*
All the good girls: :(