[NAGDU] Guide Dog Threat question

[Lisie Foster]

That is scary to have someone threaten to shoot your dog I can't imagine!

I think maybe the police response will depend on who made the threat and what your local laws are. If perhaps if someone with a severe mental illness made the threat, the police would take action differently than if the person was not mentally ill. It might also depend on whether that type of a threat is covered by your local or state laws. I believe some states it is a misdemeanor to interfere with a guide dog team but in other states there is nothing like that. I don't know the laws well enough to know, though.

I hope that whatever happened, that this person never threatens that again and I hope they aren't an actual danger to your dog or to you. I would be so upset if that happened to us.

Lisie and Sundance
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> On Sep 24, 2016, at 3:47 PM, Joseph Weaver via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Someone threatens to shoot our Guide Dogs.  And our officer gives them a verbal warning.