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Man kills 2 roaming pit bulls in Magna

Good for him. They should find out who owned those dogs and fine them heavily. There is no reason for a person to own dogs like that.

What about maybe going in your house and calling animal control??

Finally someone doesn't get into trouble for doing the right thing.

He does NOT need a cwp to own the gun, only to carry it concealed. what he did was carry the gun in his car uncovered and not hidden. On the seat in open view is not concealed.

If the owners of these dogs had taken responsibility in raising them correctly. These dogs would not have needed to be killed! Don't ban the animal for the stupidity of human that was supposed to take care of them!!!

i posted a comment and for some strange reason it was removed???? WHY

He should have called the proper authorities instead of killing animals. Pit bulls get a bad reputation and it's shameful that because he felt threatened, that he had to take justice into his own hands. Calling Animal Control or the police would have been the better option. There should be some sort of fine or punishment giving to this man for killing animals.

"Mark - What about maybe going in your house and calling animal control??"

Let�s wait for animal control to get there after the people were attacked. By then the dogs would hurt the people and maybe back at the owners place and animal control would do nothing about the dogs. Its happened in my neighborhood a few times. A dog jumped the owners fence attacked a few people including kids and then went back to the owners yard and animal control said they could do nothing.

You or your kids obviously never have been attacked or came close to being attacked by a dog before.

This guy should have called animal control as soon as he saw the dogs in his yard. Getting in his car, driving around looking for the dogs, then taking care of them himself is a little fishy. Sounds like he just wanted to be the hero in this situation. What if this had backfired and a small child had gotten injured?

If a dog came at me or my family like that I would shoot them too! I have called animal control and it takes them so long to get here the animal could have killed someone. If people are going to have dogs like that they need to be responsible for them. If they choose to let them roam and attack and be aggressive then they should be shot!

appearing aggressive and being agressive are two very different things! I have one dog that thinks everyone should love her and one that is fearful of strangers. the fearful one will run barking at strangers but will not bite. the other one also barks but just wants to greet them. an agressive dog doesnt wait to attack it just runs and attacks. don't assume that they were agressive because of one mans perception and a few peoples paranoia when they see a pitbull.

I own 2 pitbulls and its sad and infuriates me that irresponsable owners give these dogs a bad rep.He should have called animal control instead of going to get a gun and hunt these dogs down,so i guess that means next my neighbors husky comes at me in my driveway i can shoot it? OHH NO because its not a pitbull, only pitbulls can be hunted down and shot right!! ONLY IRRESPONEABLE OWNERS LET THEIR DOGS RUN LOOSE AND ITS NOT JUST PITBULL OWNERS!!

Speaking from a person with firsthand experience, Animal Control doesn't care and won't come out after hours and especially on a holiday unless the dog has bitten someone....

I would have done the same thing!

Pit bulls should be outlawed in our community!

I live in magna and if they are the same ones that I had problems with then they needed to be put down because animal control wouldn't do it they just took them home and gave the owner a fine and a week later they were back in my yard again I called and they were returned to the owner and a few days later they were back, again I called and I told the officer if they come aroud again I will take care of them. The owner of the dogs later returned to my home and threatened my wife and dogs that his kids was not goin to get xmas due to the fines and if i kill his dogs he would kill mine. The cops were called and again they did NOTHING. So yes they did need to be put down and charges SHOULD be given to the owners. The case is pending in our case with the owner.

There are no bad dogs only bad owners

My daughter was strolling with her child and her dog when a pit bull which belonged to a neighbor charged across the street directly at them. She knew immediately that there was no quick shelter and she knew she could not protect all three of them from the charge. Fortunately a car came from seemingly out of nowhere and hit and killed the dog. Was she grateful? You bet she was! but being an animal lover, also saddened that the dog had not been better cared for. The neighbor/dog owner was not cited for allowing the dog off his property. Unfortunately laws are needed to take the place of nonthinking, irresponsible people who put others in danger. Animal Control is ideal but not always practical.

Rottweilers and Pit Bulls have a bad wrap. If they are trained to be aggressive they will be aggressive. If they aren't trained to be that way, they won't be. I had a Rottweiler and she was fine, she wouldn't hurt anybody unless she felt that me or my family were in danger. She was very friendly and my neighbors all knew it. I have a Pit Bull Boxer mix currently and she is the biggest woos you have ever seen. She runs from everything from noises to people.

Please don't judge animals by the breed. It isn't fair. If you ban certain animals because of their breed, you are miss judging all of them. Take care of the aggressive dogs as you see a real threat. I also have a Min Pin that is meaner that snot. I am afraid of her more than I ever was of any other dog. It is the little dogs that are the mean ones that will chase you and bite you for nothing. Don't descriminate against Rottweilers and Pit Bulls just because of what they are. That is the same as judging people by their race and nobody likes that.

dogs should never be placed before human safetey under any circumstances. Some people consider their dogs their kids, and that is wrong. No child should feel that a mean dog is more important than him or her. If a mean dog was threatning my loved ones, I'd shoot them too.

You people are all dumb? does everyone take one side? how about this. Take the story how it reads, because this is the article your commenting on. This guy obviously went back out with the intention of putting the dogs down. granted, The dogs shouldnt be let loose and id kill them myself even if they just "appeared aggressive". because why take the chance for a dog (or tow) that wasnt raised right? id rather protect a person from being hurt than wait for half an hour for animal control to show up and smoke cigs outside their van. oh and by the way. its funny how when your reading this you can tell which ones of you are hick utahns and which ones are the good ole mormons. somebody be normal please