Richard Cline wrote in
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In article ,
(rot13) wrote:

I am reminded of a neighbor of mine who found a couple large stray
dogs in his yard. He called animal control and asked them to come and
pick up the dogs. They told him that they were unable to come to his
house. He replied that that was no problem, he would simply shoot the
dogs. They told him that it was against the law. He explained that
the stray dogs were attacking his dog and he would shoot the strays as
a means of protecting his dog.

The animal control people arrived within ten minutes.

Dick

This reminds me of a neighbor a few years ago when he saw two kids breaking
into his storage building. When he called the police he was told they
didn't have a car ton send right away, but would get there when they
cvould. He called them back in a couple of minutes and told them not to
hurry that he just shot the two intruders. They show up in about 3 minutes
and caught the two kids. The police ask why he lied about shooting the
kids. He said well I got lied to by you when you said you had no car to
send out.



That's interesting. Our town justice used to be my son's baseball
coach, so
we had lots of time to shoot the breeze. Once, I was having serious
problems
with a couple of dogs destroying vegetable plants (digging within
the garden). The judge told me that as long as I did not violate
firearms laws,
it was legal to "reeducate" (i.e.: kill) such dogs. A couple of
people who
are not in a position to know these things argued with me about
this, and
asked me to confirm it. I was unable to find this in our town's
statutes.
Perhaps it's a NY state statute. I believe what the judge told me,
but still....it's interesting to know where these things are
written, for both
practical AND historical reasons.