True 2-Lunger. The Kansas law, as in most places, allows for shooting dogs that are threatening livestock or a person. Good luck convincing a judge/jury of rural folks that a coonhound running across your property at 1AM is a threat.Ditto for the civil trial when you are being sued for destruction of chattel property without just cause. There is also a little matter of using some common sense beyond the issue of the dog. If you have a coonhound running on your property, there is a very good chance that there are one or more hunters within a short distance, either on the property in question or on adjacent tracts. Real bright move to go out in the dark and start shooting at waist high targets without a clear idea of who might be around and where they specifically are.I guess i was just raised in an area with a better class of folks. We generally try to be neighborly and help folks out if their dogs stray off instead of trying to come up with an excuse to go off half-cocked (and ignorant of the law) and shooting when its is not really needed. I think that Betterbird will be in good shape if he just keeps his guns unloaded and locked up. An anger management class or some nice meds might help to keep him in good shape too.

Ithink this subject is done since we have a clear idea of where folks like Betterbird are coming from. My main point is thatbetterbird is a classic example of people who do not understand the laws when it comes to grounds for shooting dogs. That is why even a quick google search willshow plenty of cases of people ending up in jail for pulling the trigger on a dog when they thought they were in the right. They weren't[]

Disclaimer: I am NOT sayingthat people dont have the right to post their land and expect people and their dogs to stay off. I'm simply saying that landowners have definite limits on how they can legally respond to such incidents. I would be the first one to shoot a dog that was on my property attacking my family or livestock. But, I doubt that I could face myself in the mirror if I knowingly shot a hunting dog (likely belonging to somone I know) just for straying onto my property. But i guess some folks can...