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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The dog was on his owner’s property. Where is the obligation to leave before shooting if the dog isn’t in physical contact with you? It’s not the same as a police situation where the police are entering a potentially volatile and violent situation, it just isn’t.

Can you shoot if the dog growls? How about if he approaches to sniff? What is the obligation of the visitor?

Not saying this guy should be prosecuted without evidence, but the idea that you can just shoot a dog because you are invited onto the property isn’t justifiable either.[/quote]

IMO a loose dog needs to be in an enclosed area unless it's a farm. And I'm a full, absolute dog lover. I frequently visit farm properties where loose dogs approach visitors freely. I think for an instacart driver those property owners would secure the dog, but maybe they don't need to for the regular UPS guy who knows them. But if it's a suburban neighborhood, you need to secure your dog. [/quote]

That is absolutely the rule in terms of torts - the owner is responsible for a dog bite on their property is the dog is loose and unsupervised and especially if the guest was INVITED onto the property. 16 states have a 'one free bite' rule that limits liability if the owner had no prior reason to believe the dog would be aggressive, but most states do not - because DOGS BITE, and it is only common sense that they should be assumed to be capable of biting a stranger who enters onto the property for the purposes of legitimate business.

North Carolina is NOT a 'one free bite' state. Any injury done to the driver by the dog would have been Harmon's responsibility, so he's saved her the cost by neutralizing the threat.

She's just another idiot entitled dog owner and SHE got her dog killed. Period.[/quote]

What is the law in NC about bringing a gun onto someone else’s property?[/quote]

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