What did this man need that he didn't have?

[Audley Strange]

How about something any cop on earth would have used immediately if he were similarly attacked?

A police radio? A truncheon?

[Tero]

a baseball bat
I have one in the trunk at all times

[Ian]

The Sword of a Thousand Truths.

[tattuchu]

With this frenzied flurry of fur and fangs? Pull out yer gun and start shooting. You might kill the boy too, but hell, sacrifices must be made.

[PsychoSerenity]

With this frenzied flurry of fur and fangs? Pull out yer gun and start shooting. You might kill the boy too, but hell, sacrifices must be made.

Now the thread will have to be moved to the gun club where we can all ignore it.

[tattuchu]

Sorry, I uttered the weapon-that-must-not-be-named

[klr]

With this frenzied flurry of fur and fangs? Pull out yer gun and start shooting. You might kill the boy too, but hell, sacrifices must be made.

Now the thread will have to be moved to the gun club where we can all ignore it.

Got in in one.

Sorry, I uttered the weapon-that-must-not-be-named

And we were doing so well.

... actually, I think we'll leave the thread for another few posts and see what happens.

[tattuchu]

Sorry, hang on, let me come in again.

A frisbee. Dogs love frisbees. Could have distracted them easily that way.

[klr]

Sorry, hang on, let me come in again.

A frisbee. Dogs love frisbees. Could have distracted them easily that way.

[Cormac]

Let's see ... a jurisdiction which had strong laws limiting the ownership of dangerous breeds, and effectively enforced said laws.

The whole thing about "dangerous breeds" is massively overblown. While some breeds have dispositional differences, dangerous dogs are created by asshole owners.

Breed specific legislation is, therefore, incapable of limiting or preventing dog attacks.

Research indicates that dogs that are perceived as "dangerous" change with fashion, according to the temporary preferences of assholes who like to have "tough" dogs.

Currently, it is the pit-bull type breeds. But before that, it was Rottweilers. Before that, it was Dobermans. Before that, it was German Shepherds. Before that, it was Great Danes. Before that, it was, believe it or not, it was the cuddly and heroic St Bernard.

Remember Stephen Kings Cujo? Care to guess what breed it was?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cujo

...and if you look at the image on the wikipedia page, you'll see that the image implies that Cujo is a Rottweiler, even though in the book, he is a completely different breed.

[Ian]

I'm sure Seth is trying to make a point about something.

Too bad he's using an anecdote, which is the reasoning of the desperate.

I'm sure the poor guy in the story was desperate. So what did he need that he didn't have?

The Force.

[Cormac]

Let's see ... a jurisdiction which had strong laws limiting the ownership of dangerous breeds, and effectively enforced said laws.

There is no such thing as a "dangerous breed," there's only "dangerous dogs."

[Cormac]

Let's see ... a jurisdiction which had strong laws limiting the ownership of dangerous breeds, and effectively enforced said laws.

That almost describes the UK. If you said '' reasonably effectively '' it would. Nothing's ever perfect.

People who don't train their dogs piss me off. They treat them like toys. If a neighbour of mine had five pit-bulls, and a rickety fence, he would have five dead dogs within days.

One of my neighbours had noisy dogs that barked all the time. I noticed a sign on his gate saying sarcastically '' thanks to the person who poisoned our dogs .... blah blah.''
It wasn't me, but I don't blame whoever did it. If you don't train your dogs, you don't deserve them.

[Cormac]

Glamdring?

[Cormac]

Glamdring?

Sting?