Law of Self Defense

Weaponized Dogs! Legal Conditions and Consequences!

April 20, 2023 Attorney Andrew F. Branca
Law of Self Defense
Weaponized Dogs! Legal Conditions and Consequences!
Show Notes

Today's show is prompted by a news report of an Ohio woman just sentenced to two years in prison for having sicced two of her Pitt Bulls on a group of children, resulting in one 6-year-old girl requiring multiple emergency surgeries as a result of bites to her head and body. 

There are, of course, circumstances in which using a dog as a weapon could be perfectly lawful.  How does the law distinguish between the use of a dog as a weapon versus the use of any other defensive tool, such as a gun or pepper spray? 

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