05-29-2016, 09:21 PM
(05-29-2016, 08:58 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Ah, the wonderful effects of our gun fetish. Sounds like a resident thought Dejean-Jones was an intruder. Tragic effect of our gun culture.
from wikipedia link:
Death
On May 28, 2016, Dejean-Jones died when he was shot after breaking into a Knox Park, Dallas apartment. He was visiting his former girlfriend who lived on the floor above, for their child's first birthday. At 3:20 a.m., the resident of the apartment, who had been sleeping, retrieved a handgun and fired when Dejean-Jones began kicking at the bedroom door. Dejean-Jones, 23, was pronounced dead at the hospital of a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
For a real defense against burglars, a dog is far safer than a firearm to all concerned except the burglar. Dogs don't attack the wrong person in such a situation. They can't be turned against its loved ones. They have keen senses, and they can attack in dim light. But what of the burglar? He's facing a cat of like size due to the dog's power, speed, agility, strength, ferocity, and aggression. Dog bites are painful even if not fatal... of course a neck bite by a dog can kill.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.