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A California man is demanding police accountability after an officer fatally shot his service dog in the head.
Ian Anderson of San Diego told The Huffington Post he was sleeping in his home when officers pounded on his door at 5 a.m. Sunday over a domestic disturbance call. The 24-year-old man said police had the wrong house.
The cops are out of control in this country. People want to make this a racial issue, but unarmed civilians, service dogs, no one is safe from these trigger happy thugs in uniform anymore. Hardly a week goes by in my city where some hapless, unarmed person is not gunned down. A few weeks go by and then the whole thing is swept under the carpet by the cops and the murderer is back on the beat.
A pitbull is not a service dog. There is no legitimate service training organization that licenses pitbulls as service dogs. Anyone can buy a "certificate" and a vest off the internet and call their dog a service animal. There is very little control and the abuses run rampant.
If this was one of the breeds that are legitimately training to be a real working service animal, not some "therapy dog", then I would actually care. However pitbulls are in no way an animal that has the temperament or trainability to be a legitimate service dog.
Abusers prey on peoples lack of knowledge about the ADA to scam the system and avoid the MANY known problems with vicious breeds to get animals like a pitbull in places that the dog should never go. More people are waking up and realizing the scam that is being pulled by pitbull extremists to abuse the ADA.
The dog wasn't just shot, it likely marauded the officers in a way that a real service dog would not have and thus was shot.
Pitbulls can not help themselves, they are a vicious breed and it acted according its nature. Well trained service animals don't lunge, attack, or snap, but that is because they are breeds not generationally bred to fight, such as the pits.
I'm sure some pit enthusiasts will chime in and act as thought the plight of the pit is akin to the 1960's civil rights struggle, but the facts are likely this dog was killed because it attacked a police officer. As it would have likely done to someone else who sadly wouldn't have been able to defend themselves.
A pitbull is not a service dog. There is no legitimate service training organization that licenses pitbulls as service dogs. Anyone can buy a "certificate" and a vest off the internet and call their dog a service animal. There is very little control and the abuses run rampant.
If this was one of the breeds that are legitimately training to be a real working service animal, not some "therapy dog", then I would actually care. However pitbulls are in no way an animal that has the temperament or trainability to be a legitimate service dog.
Abusers prey on peoples lack of knowledge about the ADA to scam the system and avoid the MANY known problems with vicious breeds to get animals like a pitbull in places that the dog should never go. More people are waking up and realizing the scam that is being pulled by pitbull extremists to abuse the ADA.
The dog wasn't just shot, it likely attacked the officers in a way that a real service dog would not have and thus was shot.
Pitbulls can not help themselves, they are a vicious breed and it acted according its nature. Well trained service animals don't lunge, attack, or snap, but that is because they are breeds not generationally bred to fight, such as the pits.
I'm sure some pit enthusiasts will chime in and act as thought the plight of the pit is akin to the 1960's civil rights struggle, but the facts are likely this dog was killed because it attacked a police officer. As it would have likely done to someone else who sadly wouldn't have been able to defend themselves.
If you have to make things up it only makes you look foolish.
"For $249, customers visiting the site for Service Dogs America, for example, can buy a special doggie vest and ID cards that label the dog as a service animal. The company claims the package, along with a self-administered test, helps owners."
Maybe that the ticket to stupid gun laws: a service revolver! It makes me feel comfortable!
The ADA might have some merit, after all.
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