"Maxprop" wrote
I'd expect the best post-Katrina purchase to be a couple of really surly
Rottweilers.

Not really. There have been a number of people mauled by dogs lately, even an
elderly woman and a kid killed in seperate incidents. In all cases the dog
owner was in deep dog crap over it - even when his dog bit a kid that wandered
into his own yard. The woman who owned the pit bulls that got loose and killed
the older woman went to prison for manslaughter!! OTOH, no gun ever shot anybody
on its own.

Also, given the liability problem, Rottys, Dobermen and other "police" or
"attack" breeds should be avoided else the other guy's lawyer will claim that
you're a vigilante and bought the dog hoping it'd bite somebody.

It's a bad scene out there. A kid I know works for a towing company. Over a
year ago a drunk showed up in the middle of the night demanding his impounded
car back. When the kid explained that he couldn't release it without police
permission the guy attacked him so the kid stabbed him with a screwdriver. Even
though the wound wasn't life threatening and was in self defence the cops put
the kid in jail for a couple days til a judge released him, then he had to sweat
til the DA decided not to prosecute, then sweat some more until the drunk lost
the lawsuit. Meanwhile, he couldn't leave the state.