So there was a weapon discharged in a Harris County Texas dog park by a man whose dog WAS IN NO DANGER and hes not been arrested? What kind of a community is this where weapon discharges are ignored and shooters go unpunished? It appears Harris County law enforcement has not done the job theyre paid to do in this case. Diesels family needs to pursue this against the shooter AND the Harris County Sheriffs Office. Would you want this gunman as YOUR neighbor? Isnt animal cruelty resulting in the death of the animal a felony in Texas? click2houston/news/dog-dies-after-being-shot-at-bay-area-dog-park/30913058 Comment posted on this articles page: spunout64 Tags • 22 minutes ago: Shooting the dog wasnt murder, it was animal cruelty/abuse, at least in most states. Your view that the dog is just purely personal property is mistaken. The law has carved out exceptions for animals where their treatment is held to a higher standard than how you treat your Xbox. This simply reflects the public policy that we as society want when it comes to treatment of animals. It is not his judgment/perception alone that matters, it is whether a reasonable person would have felt threatened under these circumstances, and if the witnesses are to be believed, this yahoo should have kept his gun hostered. I dont know, only heard this one witness, but if you think you can shoot your neighbors dog for no reason, and be penalized the same as if you threw a baseball through his window, you know far less than you think you do. Same thing goes to the treatment of your snake, or lizard, etc. whatever you have. If there are numerous witnesses, and they all say there was no threat, this guy should not be carrying a gun as his judgement is poor to say the least and appears to fall below those of most, thus not the decision a reasonable person would make. If you let everyone make their own judgement call, there is no standard and its open season to open fire. 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