http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/03/19/gun-crazy-alaska-man-in-wheelchair-shots-store-assistant Comments On: Gun-Crazy Alaska: Man in Wheelchair Shoots Store Assistant by Charles Mudede en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
A dog off of a leash is fine, natural and healthy (outside, but not at the Farmer's Market--buying food with all those fucking dogs around is annoying and gross) as long as it doesn't attack me or my family. If it did then the dog should die. Likewise if my four-year-old came up and bit you, please shoot him.
Posted by anonymous4475]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:51:36 -0700 The Stranger Posted by pat L]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:47:54 -0700 The Stranger Posted by tainte]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:36:37 -0700 The Stranger Posted by JimmyCap]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:54:18 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Gurldoggie]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:36:06 -0700 The Stranger
I just saw one this afternoon as a matter of fact, but believe what you want to believe.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:16:32 -0700 The Stranger There are a ton of dog owners in Seattle who don't leash their pets even when walking on sidewalks on busy streets.

No, in fact, there aren't. It's so rare that I can instantly recall the one exception in my neighborhood - a little schnauzer mix who walks down 15th Ave on the top of Capitol Hill.

If that dog is minding his own business, so should you.
Posted by seandr]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:15:36 -0700 The Stranger
My sister regularly let her dog run around off leash, and he was a ridiculously chill dog. Even if he ran up ahead of us a bit, he never galloped away (the way my dog would; you couldn't so much as accidentally drop the leash with my dog), and, if he reached the end of the block first, he would always stop and wait.

My sister sounded exactly like #22 (albeit with less outraged vitriol). Her dog was obedient and smart and scared of the street, he would never get hit by a car.

Until he was, and he died instantly from the impact.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:13:44 -0700 The Stranger this city was made for humans, not for dogs.

You know who the city was not made for? People who think the city was made for them.
Posted by seandr]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:06:20 -0700 The Stranger Based on your later post it seems you don't think children are human either since you don't want those "stupid children" making your bus "stupid".

Next time you see a crime will you report it or will you just let it go again? Do you only let crimes go unreported when the criminals are black or will any old criminals get off in Charles's lovely human centered city?
Posted by Root]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:27:09 -0700 The Stranger Posted by blip]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:54:39 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Charles Mudede]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:40:30 -0700 The Stranger
There are a ton of dog owners in Seattle who don't leash their pets even when walking on sidewalks on busy streets. Unleashed dogs in parks don't bother me, *that* does. Dog owners who put their pets in that kind of danger ought to be banned from owning any pet for the rest of their lives.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:25:44 -0700 The Stranger can I shoot a dog if it approaches me and I feel threatened

Who are you, George Zimmerman?

If the dog is actually threatening you, sure, go ahead and shoot. Otherwise, you're just an ignorant, paranoid, self-righteous ass.

P.S. If you've gone this far in life without knowing shit about dogs, why don't you make yourself a better person and watch a few episodes of the Dog Whisperer.
Posted by seandr]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:43:36 -0700 The Stranger
But I think there are probably MORE who are very much in love with their dog, and feel great respect for its canine self discipline. The feeling is mutual. They don't want to leash their well behaved dog anymore than parents want to leash their kids. *If* the dog is truly as well behaved as the owner thinks it is, then why not allow them to continue their little blissful path.
Posted by Marph]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:40:00 -0700 The Stranger Posted by More, I Say!]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:32:57 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Foghorn Leghorn]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:31:53 -0700 The Stranger
o_O

Posted by treacle]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:15:09 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:10:38 -0700 The Stranger It may be your snuggle bear, your snookums, your buddy, but to most everyone else, it's still a 70 pound carnivore.
Posted by Not An Owner Of A Notably Agressive Breed]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:02:10 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:59:42 -0700 The Stranger Posted by camlux]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:53:05 -0700 The Stranger open carry/no concealed weapon permit required State. Whether it was a dog or any other thing that started the argument doesn't matter. What does matter is that a former "law abiding citizen" got pissed off and used a completely unregulated weapon to harm another human being.
Posted by delirian]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:52:46 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:49:19 -0700 The Stranger "Paul Constant @paulconstant
A lot of people I follow have been fighting with idiot trolls lately. Troll-feeding doesn't help. There's a block button for a reason."
I'm going to feed the troll that posted this anyway.

Charles,
Go fuck yourself. I walk my dog off the leash because he gets a far happier life and better exercise out of it since I can't run as fast as he wants to. He has no interest in other people so he stays away from them and he's terrified of the road so he won't cross until I tell him to. This isn't me showing off my beastmaster skills you pompous shit. I can't imagine why they still let you spew your garbage on The Stranger. BTW, have you told your neighbor yet that you watched someone steal their TV and didn't call the cops you fucking self centered sack of shit?

As for the original article. I wouldn't even bring my dog into Walmart leashed, much less unleashed. Anyone who brings an unleashed dog into Walmart deserves to get thrown out of the store. Anyone who threatens to shoot, much less actually shoots, someone for pointing out that they can't have an unleashed dog in Walmart should be thrown in jail for a long time and lose their right to ever own a gun again.
Posted by Root]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:48:48 -0700 The Stranger