New stories don't get any better than this:

[KidCharlemagne]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=583&e=1&u=/nm/20040625/od_nm/crime_canada_gunman_dc

A Canadian man, driving a car packed with weapons and ammunition, was intent on killing as many people as possible in a Toronto neighborhood but gave up the plan at the last minute when he encountered a friendly dog, police said on Thursday.

 The middle-aged man, who police said was mentally disturbed, had planned to carry out the shooting spree on Wednesday to ensure he would be put in jail permanently, Toronto police said.

He had set himself up in an east-end park to load his weapons and then planned to drive around shooting. He later told police that a dog then approached and started playing with him.

The encounter melted the man’s heart, and he then went in search of police to give himself up, police said.

“He happens to be a pet lover, and decided that since there was such a nice dog in the area, that people were too nice and he wasn’t going to carry out his plan,” Detective Nick Ashley told reporters.

The story continues with a description of his considerable weapons cache. Anyway, I’d love to be the owner of the doggy that saved all those lives just for being it’s own sweet self.
Mods: Hope that wasn’t too much to quote. Modify if it is.

[KidCharlemagne]

err “its,” not “it’s.”

[Revtim]

No matter how bad things get, there’s still sweet dogs. And to a lesser extent, nice cats.

[matt_mcl]

Done it

[ParentalAdvisory]

How about an attempted murder charge?

[ParentalAdvisory]

…rather, conspiracy to commit murder?

[Nametag]

Conspired with who, PA? For that matter, murder who? Attempt on who? Guy’s bought himself a psych evaluation, maybe weapons charges, but nothing more than that, I think.