Prosecute dog shooter
Published: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 11:25 a.m.
To The Editor: Why is it that the criminals always have the rights and the victims do not? How can it be acceptable to drive up and shoot a family pet and not have any charges filed against you?
This type of act should have never happened and should not happen again. We need to be the voice of this pet who was brutally shot and killed in front of the 7-year-old boy that owned him. Think about what could have happened had the bullet ricocheted off of something nearby.
This man should be charged and convicted of a crime. It is a message that America needs to hear. It is not OK to kill a family pet and then everyone turn their heads the other way. If someone can kill a pet that readily, where will a person like that stop? Animals are innocent creatures and they are not here to be neglected, abused or killed by people at will who don't have enough sense to know that it is wrong.
Criminals need to pay for an act of violence and victims should have the rights.
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