# Dog shoots man **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698 "2003-01-24T20:37:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pucky\_Schumer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Pucky\_Schumer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucky_Schumer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/1 "2003-01-24T20:37:15Z")
Well, not really. But I just read that a man in Winchester, Virginia, decided to beat his dog to death because it bit him. It’s a 30-pound shar-pei. Raymond Poore Jr., 43, decided to beat the dog with a gun. Somehow he managed to fatally shoot himself. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/2 "2003-01-24T20:45:53Z")
If the guy was so pissed off at his dog that he wanted to kill it (bastard), why would he BEAT it with a LOADED GUN? Dude, turn it around. Luckily the guy was too stupid to live. I hope the dog ate part of him before the cops arrived. ---
**Author:** ![Pucky\_Schumer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Pucky\_Schumer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucky_Schumer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/3 "2003-01-24T20:55:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Carnage \* > \*\*If the guy was so pissed off at his dog that he wanted to kill it (bastard), why would he BEAT it with a LOADED GUN? Dude, turn it around. Luckily the guy was too stupid to live. I hope the dog ate part of him before the cops arrived. \*\* Heh, heh. According to the report, “The wife came home about 6 p.m. and found her husband unconscious, with a number of dog bites and scratches.” ---
**Author:** ![TeleTronOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@TeleTronOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeleTronOne)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/4 "2003-01-24T20:58:36Z")
Sounds like a shoe-in for a Darwin award. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/5 "2003-01-24T21:00:14Z")
Good grief. Did none of you ever see Richard Adams’ _Plague Dogs_? I tell you, animated dogs are shooting their owners all the time… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/6 "2003-01-24T21:02:46Z")
Umm… cite? ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/7 "2003-01-24T21:06:21Z")
For which post? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/8 "2003-01-24T21:08:40Z")
the O one. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/9 "2003-01-24T21:19:16Z")
Good, this cheered me up. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/10 "2003-01-24T21:20:19Z")
[Man shot to death while beating dog](http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=1097996) ---
**Author:** ![Siemsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/11 "2003-01-24T21:24:22Z")
I wonder how the dog is doing? That man deserved it. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/12 "2003-01-24T21:25:11Z")
Oh, well, one less listener for Dr. Laura. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Pucky\_Schumer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Pucky\_Schumer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucky_Schumer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/13 "2003-01-24T21:26:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*the O one. \*\* I have it from a subscription site and will post a link when I find it on a non-sub site. ---
**Author:** ![Pucky\_Schumer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Pucky\_Schumer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucky_Schumer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/14 "2003-01-24T21:28:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pucky Schumer \* > \*\*I have it from a subscription site and will post a link when I find it on a non-sub site. \*\* Ooops. Thanks, Ino. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/15 "2003-01-24T21:29:10Z")
Don’t know if he was too stupid to live, but definitely too stupid to own a dog or a gun. ---
**Author:** ![Pucky\_Schumer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Pucky\_Schumer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucky_Schumer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/16 "2003-01-24T21:36:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*Don’t know if he was too stupid to live, but definitely too stupid to own a dog or a gun. \*\* Shar-peis, also known as Chinese fighting dogs, were bred for dog-fighting. Makes me wonder if he purposely bought a dog with a bad-ass reputation and then was surprised when it bit. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/17 "2003-01-25T01:35:28Z")
Sounds like his shot was sharper than his bite… (not even a good play on words, I know) ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/18 "2003-01-25T01:50:04Z")
Chalk one up for animal rights. ---
**Author:** ![Pucky\_Schumer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Pucky\_Schumer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucky_Schumer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/19 "2003-01-25T04:09:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ruby \* > \*\*Chalk one up for animal rights. \*\* I’ve now read that, unfortunately, the dog was destroyed. [Link here.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40483-2003Jan24.html) ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698/20 "2003-01-25T05:17:25Z")
> [@](#): > > He said there was dog hair on the butt of the weapon, which has a .22-caliber rifle barrel atop a .410-gauge shotgun barrel and is used to hunt small game. > > “We have not ruled out anything at this point,” [Lt. Greg] Printz said. What? Are they considering ruling it a homicide? Poor dog. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-shoots-man/150698.md?page=2)