Question: My husband who is a licensed security guard was on duty and approched by an agressive pit bull. When the dog charged at him, he fired a warning shot into the ground in front of the dog. He did not aim at the dog on purpose. The city arrested him on discharging a fire arm in city limits, and endangering public safety. Shouldn't what he did fall under self defense? They now want to combine both charges and plead out to wreckless conduct. This will be on his record. Should he have let the dog bite him, or gone ahead and shot it?

Answer: Is your question meant to be rhetorical? Of course, he should not have allowed the dog to bite. That is not the issue. The issue is: Do you intend to retain an attorney to argue that to a jury, or will your husband take a plea, and whine about how the prosecutor should have dismissed the charges? That is the issue. click here to see how to find the right attorney

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