Dog Hounds

Congress wants to keep people "safe" from their own best friends:

This sounds like one of those wonderful, touchy-feely type of initiatives intended to give us the warm fuzzies. However, if the caucus is going to push an animal rights agenda as Mace suggested, it could be more nefarious than it might seem – especially for dog owners. There is already plenty of legislation at the federal, state, and local levels, and these laws are often abused to attack people’s property rights. In Kentucky, lawmakers are mulling a bill that would further outline procedures for dogs deemed “vicious” by the court – especially when the owner is found incompetent to stand trial. The law is ostensibly intended to protect people from aggressive animals. In essence, it would allow the authorities to seize an animal without due process if it is accused of being “vicious,” which essentially amounts to a red flag law for pets. It could empower the government to take someone’s property without going through the proper processes. In Hot Springs County, Arkansas, Jose Gudino faced a harrowing experience with local law enforcement over false allegations of animal cruelty. He came home from work one evening, and found police officers on his property. They accused him of mistreating his dogs and fighting his chickens. Neither allegation was accurate.

Leave those dogs alone...