Barium Tsunami - you still miss the point. Our opinion is not law. The law is written, and the dogowner had followed the law to satisfactory limits. At this point with no evidence of an attack how can you simply take the word of the one who discharged the firearm. For all you know he killed the dog in cold blood and used his kids safety as the motive. We have no proof that the dog deserved to be shot. That is the biggest fact!