Exercising the Right
Dog Bites Man, Man Shoots Dog
CBS Boston reported on October 21 about a terrifying incident in Manchester, New Hampshire, that involved a pair of aggressive pit bulls. Richard D’Amour was out walking his five-year-old lab mix named Molly when he observed two loose pit bulls running down the street. D’Amour turned and began running with Molly back toward his house, but the pit bulls began chasing them. A man who was driving nearby saw what was going on and turned his vehicle into the path of the dogs in an attempt to divert them. This bought D’Amour enough time to get to his rear porch, but before he could enter his house, one of the pit bulls lunged at Molly and clamped down on her neck. D’Amour tried to get the pit bull off his dog, but the animal would not stop its attack.
D’Amour is a licensed pistol owner, and he was carrying his gun on him that day. He pulled out his firearm and fired it into the pit bull’s upper torso, fatally wounding the animal. D’Amour suffered some bites during the struggle, and Molly is healing from serious wounds.
D’Amour told CBS that the pit bull “wouldn’t let go and I thank God the other guy who stopped me, he came and helped me, we tried to separate the two dogs and we just couldn’t and this guy’s a big guy he was punching the living hell out of the pit bull and it wouldn’t let go so then I pulled my weapon out and I shot the dog.”
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