Man saves child's life; Fined $1000

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Benjamin Srigley saw several pit bulls attacking an 11-year-old boy, so he ran into his home, retrieved his handgun, ran back, and shot one of the dogs. A bicycle policeman arrived on the scene shortly thereafter and shot the other two dogs.


Here comes the twist: This incident happened in Washington, D.C., and even though the Supreme Court declared the city’s gun control regulations unconstitutional in 2008, the city government is still quite hostile to gun ownership. How hostile? Well, prosecutors offered Srigley a “deal”: pay a $1,000 fine and they would drop criminal charges against him. Turns out Srigley had lawfully purchased firearms when he lived outside D.C., but he had not registered them when he moved into D.C.


What kind of government would demand money from a guy who just saved a child’s life? The boy’s family can’t believe what is happening to their knight in shining armor. Srigley is now planning to move out of the city. One wonders if District officials can see any connection between their fine and the move.


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ROFL

I agree with Howey & Dude, especially since this is who Srigley rescued.

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Jayeon Simon, 11, was being attacked by the dogs when Srigley opened fire.
 
I guess if you're dumb enough to live in DC, you deserve to have your children mauled by dogs. It's no Buffalo, but it still sucks, and has the worst public education system imaginable.
 
Threedee said:
I hope the entire DC state council are mauled to death by pit bulls.
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Let us pray...


From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys. 2 Kings 2:23-24
 
Good move, moving out of there. Unfortunately the next kid won't be so lucky.

I spent a lot of time in DC back a few months ago, drove all around the city, all four corners actually. Off the SW, NW, and NE borders the neighborhoods are much nicer than practically right across the street. Only off the SE boundary is it crappy, but that's just because it's an industrial area, and happens to be where all the City sewage drains to, so there's a big, poorly maintained sewage plant there. Past the stink is where I stayed, very nice hotel and upscale mixed developments.

DC has payed a price for it's reliance on liberals.
 
So Dude and Howey would have preferred that the child be mauled? This shit didn't happen in a vacuum. Either you want the guy to save the kid, the only way that was possible, or you want the kid to be mauled. This is no fucking gedenken experiment, this is what do you think the best outcome would have been? That the guy NOT have a gun in violation of a city ordinance and the kid get mauled, or the guy shoots the fucking dogs and the kid doesn't get mauled?
 
The Dude said:
Your a moron we aren't, why is it always kids attacked?
The dogs would cower if you didn't. Pussy
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this attitude alone tells me you're a dumbfuck when it comes to dogs. with 3 dogs attacking, you'd go after one while the other two kept mauling the boy. then while that one dog is gnawing your hand off, the other two would ignore you for the focus of their attack. and IF you were lucky enough to back one off, it would immediately go back to the boy as soon as you went for one of the other two. face it, you don't have a clue about dog attacks and are a supreme dumbass for thinking you do.
 
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