12 students injured in dog attack at OKC school

[SoonerP226]

Fences seem needed at that school

From what I heard on the news report this morning, the school has a fence, but the dog got in through a gate that was left open.

 

[crazyfish]

yeah, its right on blackwelder. there is a fence all the way around the playground. somebody left a gate open.

 

[Dale00]

Pass law requiring gates to be closed? Moms demand action (?)

 

[DavidMcmillan]

We must have common sense dog controL.

 

[Dave70968]

I wasn't there, and I doubt any other commenters were either, but I'm not sure a gun would have been the best solution here. A dog attack is a fast-moving thing, and--teeth being a melee weapon, not a standoff weapon--necessarily occurs in very close proximity to the victim. Or a dozen victims.

How many here would say they're absolutely comfortable with their marksmanship to be able to hit a dog under those circumstances and not hit a kid accidentally? Oh, and don't forget that your defensive ammo is designed to achieve a certain degree of penetration against a human, and a dog--even a pit bull--is going to be smaller, so you have to not only be accurate, but guarantee no pass-through.

Who wants to be the one explaining to the kid's parents how he got that bullet wound?

 

[Dale00]

No attack dog breeds

 

[MacFromOK]

How many here would say they're absolutely comfortable with their marksmanship to be able to hit a dog under those circumstances and not hit a kid accidentally?

I would in a heartbeat. Put it against the mutt's head/body if nothing else.

And no... I wouldn't do a spray & pray across a playground. But I've always pretty much hit where I aimed (got my first handgun at 16).

YMMV.

 

[dennishoddy]

I wasn't there, and I doubt any other commenters were either, but I'm not sure a gun would have been the best solution here. A dog attack is a fast-moving thing, and--teeth being a melee weapon, not a standoff weapon--necessarily occurs in very close proximity to the victim. Or a dozen victims.

How many here would say they're absolutely comfortable with their marksmanship to be able to hit a dog under those circumstances and not hit a kid accidentally? Oh, and don't forget that your defensive ammo is designed to achieve a certain degree of penetration against a human, and a dog--even a pit bull--is going to be smaller, so you have to not only be accurate, but guarantee no pass-through.

Who wants to be the one explaining to the kid's parents how he got that bullet wound?

So, you're comfortable with a gun in your pocket allowing that dog to chew up a dozen kids? I'm trying to work my head around that reasoning.

 

[Dave70968]

So, you're comfortable with a gun in your pocket allowing that dog to chew up a dozen kids? I'm trying to work my head around that reasoning.

Because, clearly, there are exactly two possible courses of action, right?

 

[dennishoddy]

Because, clearly, there are exactly two possible courses of action, right?

I know what action I would take.