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Seabear · November 5, 2012, 01:07 PM

Recently at the Pittsburgh Zoo a small child was placed on the railing of an exhibit of Afrcian Wild dogs and fell into the enclosure.....The dogs attacked and killed the child. Currently the facts are not clear if the fall killed the child or the dogs, but while this was going on no one was certain of that....When the zoo staff arrived they were able to scare off some of the animal, darted some and eventually was forced to kill one of the dogs who would not leave the kill...

My question is if I were there when it happened and legally have a concealed weapon would the law have permitted me to use the weapon to either scare off or shoot the dogs, let me add that I would never have put the danger of the child in play....

I just wonder what I would have done...You Guys?

November 5, 2012, 01:07 PM	#1
Seabear Junior Member Join Date: June 30, 2009 Posts: 2	hypothetical situation Recently at the Pittsburgh Zoo a small child was placed on the railing of an exhibit of Afrcian Wild dogs and fell into the enclosure.....The dogs attacked and killed the child. Currently the facts are not clear if the fall killed the child or the dogs, but while this was going on no one was certain of that....When the zoo staff arrived they were able to scare off some of the animal, darted some and eventually was forced to kill one of the dogs who would not leave the kill... My question is if I were there when it happened and legally have a concealed weapon would the law have permitted me to use the weapon to either scare off or shoot the dogs, let me add that I would never have put the danger of the child in play.... I just wonder what I would have done...You Guys? Last edited by Seabear; November 5, 2012 at 01:29 PM.