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Tennessee man shot by his dog while lying in bed (www.theguardian.com)

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A bullet grazed the Memphis man’s thigh after his one-year-old pit bull got his paw stuck in a gun’s trigger guard

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[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 74 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

I'm not saying put bulls are the most dangerous breed, but when was the last time you heard of a retriever or a lab shooting someone?

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 66 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I was gonna make the same joke, but then I finished reading the article:

And in 2019, former Louisiana State University football player Matt Branch publicly discussed how his black labrador retriever stepped on a hunting shotgun that had been placed in the back of a utility terrain vehicle on a hunting trip in Mississippi.

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 36 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Damm, hoisted by my own petard.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

That's why I always keep my petard pointing away from me.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 33 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I don't want to defend pitbulls, but a chihuahua with a small kalachnikov would be deadly as well.

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 19 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I can confirm. As a person who had a chihuahua for 11 beautiful years, he yearned for the most violent death of any and all that displeased him, which was anything bigger than him.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 hours ago

I forgot Siamese cats too. If you're the owner, they love you. If you're a stranger, they'll rip your head off.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

The anger of 10,000 men

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Hey, pit bulls are big huggabugs when they're not raised by assholes. A pit bull with proper weapons training would never have had poor trigger discipline.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 28 points 8 hours ago

Oh, great. Another idiot going on about pit bulls. It's not the breed, it's the owner. Any dog can shoot you if you don't take it to the range and teach it basic gun safety.