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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm just saying, if you go crazy spraying dogs with pepper spray it's not a free pass. You have to face a legit threat. It's reasonable to expect someone to defend themselves from a hostile dog. But DC law makes it clear that it has to be a defensive move. You can't go spraying random dogs. Animal cruelty is a crime against an animal. Not the animal's owner. You will be prosecuted by the government, not sued by the owner. [/quote]

Again, nobody's suggesting you just randomly go up to dogs and start spraying them. That would be a crime.

But if a dog comes up to you, "hostile" or not (doesn't matter, because you have no way of knowing which dogs are hostile and which are not), you will NOT face a legal threat if you pepper spray it. To say so, is nothing but straight up intimidation. Shame on you.

One need not wait until a dog displays hostility, before you pepper spray it. If a dog enters your personal space, that's sufficient.

Again, all of this can be avoided by dog owners controlling their dogs. That means keeping them leashed (not a long-ass retractable one either), and by their side, and under command at all times. Everyone wins that way.

I don't like pepper spraying a dog, as it's unfortunate that a dog has an asshole of an owner. But if any party should feel shame about cruelty, it's the irresponsible dog owner. 
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