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Greybeard wrote:Moral of stories: If gun out of your control, clear that chamber! Dogs CAN shoot you.

I agree, and that's what I do.

In the home defense situation, it's also possible for a guest to pick up the gun and fire it. Not just kids, either. Adults do stupid things, especially if they've been drinking. Some don't require chemical assistance.

- Jim

KBCraig wrote:If it was a Rem 870 or other shotgun with a trigger block safety, and it landed on its left side, a big ol' dog paw stepping on it could disengage the safety and pull the trigger.

I agree. I'm just careful to distinguish between what I heard and what I know (most of the time, anyway).

- Jim

OK. The guy I know was visiting a friend's apartment. They were sitting on the sofa or easy chairs (I forget). BANG! The guy was shot in the thigh by a shotgun. Very close to being removed from the gene pool.

The friend had two large puppies, Dobermans or something like that. He had a loaded shotgun propped up by the door. The puppies were playing, knocked over the shotgun, and one of them apparently stuck his paw inside the trigger guard. No one saw this happen, of course.

The friend swore the shotgun was on safe.

This happened in Houston in the year 2000. It didn't make the newspapers.

Now, maybe someone had one too many beers and was fooling around; but the cops have a way of cracking stories like that.

The shooting victim eventually recovered, except for a scar. He and his former friend are no longer on speaking terms.

- Jim

flintknapper wrote:No one should make fun of the way a mans dog shoots.

I know someone who was shot by a dog. He was in no mood to make fun of the dog afterward.

- Jim

It's possible that shooting on a road was once made illegal by another law, possibly criminal mischief. I can't find it, though.

I found a similar example of this in another area. It is the crime of animal cruelty to kill an animal that belongs to another person without permission, except for livestock.

Killing livestock or game illegally is criminal mischief, which is a more serious crime (a felony).

The two sections of law do not refer to one another.

- Jim