Licensed gun owner says he killed 1-year-old Chihuahua for threatening him
14-year-old Detroit girl says that a neighbor shot and killed JoJo, her 1-year-old Chihuahua, because he wasn’t on a leash and was making too much noise.
The licensed gun owner, however, told police that he gunned down the tiny dog because it was threatening him.
The girl, who WJBK declined to identify, said that she had gone inside for a few minutes while JoJo ran free in the yard. When she came back outside, the neighbor warned her to take the dog back in the house.
“When he saw my dog running out of the bushes, [he said], ‘I’m going to handle him myself,’ and then I guess my dog had run back up on him again, and he just shot him,” the teen recalled as she cradled the dead dog in a blanket.
“His life couldn’t have felt threatened at all by this little Chihuahua,” she explained.
Detroit Police determined that the neighbor was a licensed gun owner.
“This is a harsh reminder of responsibility,” Detroit Dog Rescue’s Dante Dasaro told WJBK. “If the dog was just simply on a leash and simply was on a leash to go outside, you know, the owner would have better control. No matter how this played out it was an unfortunately situation, and it really shouldn’t have happened.”
Grown Chihuahuas typically weigh between 2 and 6 pounds.
Watch this video from WJBK, broadcast April 3, 2013.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/04/licensed-gun-owner-says-he-killed-1-year-old-chihuahua-for-threatening-him/
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...just looking at the picture, quite frankly I'd feel unsafe too.
I'm concerned about all the people in Connecticut who live next to these vicious wild animals. They're now limited to 10 rounds for protection. Thank god that in Ohio I can still pack my 30-round mag. When my neighbor's Chihuahua comes running around the side of my house - well, I'll have no fear. I'll be able to fend off one of these little guys with up to the equivalent of 10% of his body weight in semi-auto burst protection. Yep - I'm da man.
(just in case it's necessary).
WTF are people thinking. Just WTF???
God! 
Gun-owners are such delicate, vulnerable little wisps, aren't they?...
Once upon a time I was attacked by a shrew. The nasty little bastard was scampering across my sleeping bag and woke me up. When I reflexively tried to brush it away it bit me and kept coming back for more!
But I didn't shoot it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornate_Shrew
So there I was, dancing around in the moonlight in my underwear trying to escape it's fearsome jaws. Just look at that little fucker in this picture trying to chew off a guy's wedding ring. Someone could lose some finger flesh!
Okay. I'm glad nobody saw me, or maybe if they did they kept it to themselves. (Sally and I have many secrets.) 
Sadly, too many people with guns are just itching to shoot. It never turns out well. Especially for the idiot with the gun.
And it isn't the dog. 
