> WTF? Man gets two years in prison for shooting an attacking dog?

The dog, named Buster, survived.

The shooting occurred on Green Summers Drive in the Green Summers subdivision in northwestern Forsyth.

According to a sheriff?s report of the incident, Buster ran out of his yard on Sloan Ridge and approached Hee.

The dog?s owner, Laura Hanson, chased after Buster and grabbed his harness. She said Buster barked at Hee because the man yelled at her, the report said.

Hee reportedly pulled a small-caliber handgun out of his pocket and aimed it at Buster.

The report said Hanson backed away and repeatedly said, ?No, please don?t.?

But Hee, who told deputies he was defending himself, fired the weapon.

District Attorney Penny Penn said Thursday the shooting was ?not only unjustified but it was just downright mean.?

?The name of the neighborhood is Green Summers,? Penn said. ?It?s not the OK Corral. It?s not the wild, wild west. It?s not open season on loose dogs.?

While Buster may be able to perform basic functions, like walking and running, Penn said the dog will never regain 100 percent use of his right front leg.

She added that Hee could be ?a poster child for gun control.?

Hanson?s father, John, said the dog hides under a bed when he hears loud noises and sometimes falls because his paw turns under.

?Our lives are forever changed and we no longer see our home as the safe haven we thought it was,? he said.

Hee?s attorney, Parker McFarland, said the shooting does not define his client and that it was ?an aberration.?

?This was just one of those unfortunate situations where he had to make a decision and he didn?t have very much time,? said McFarland, adding that Hee maintained ?from the beginning this was self-defense.?

In weighing his client?s punishment, the attorney asked Dickinson to consider the fact the dog survived.

?This dog may have some minor nerve damage today, but it can run, it can walk, it can sit,? McFarland said.

Some of Hee?s neighbors who spoke on his behalf said he was helpful around the subdivision and had been kind to their families.


http://www.forsythnews.com/news/article/6005/

Insane. Meanwhile, real criminals are walking free.

sounds like this guy was an asshole teabagger who wore a pistol on his hip looking to shoot at the first thing he felt threatened by

I bet he posted on freerepublic about concealed carrying


good riddance

I hope he gets assraped by 5 buck whytes every night

The neighbor was holding the dog when he opened up? Reckless endangerment right there. That itself is worthy of a couple in the can.