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There are probably more "Man bites dog" stories in Europe than "Dog discharges gun" stories.
Although usually the presence of a wall is protects you.
There are plenty of bullshit dog mauls person stories here too
Last year one that stood out to me was an elderly couple in St. Louis near a park were sitting outside in their back yard and a pack of dogs escaped and attacked them. They mauled the woman to death in front of the husband while he was shooting them trying to defend her with a revolver
Welcome to America where no less than a 6' spike topped fence and a high capacity .45 is enough to maybe prevent your loved ones from being brutal ended in front of you while you're just out enjoying your back yard
I'll link the story when I find it in my post history for anyone who wants to read it. It's tragic how shitty our society is.
I don't think those stories are any less common in Europe - selfish assholes with dangerous dogs they haven't properly trained and don't know how to control are everywhere as far as I can tell.
It's selfish assholes with dangerous weapons that they aren't properly trained to handle that aren't common around here, even in countries with very liberal gun legislation like Switzerland.
The real irony is the guy couldn't get those dogs away from them even with a gun
The article says police dispersed them with pepper spray, so a chemical deterrent may have saved his wife's life there if he had it over or as well as the revolver
If the recent assassination attempts on Trump or anything to judge by the real problem seems to be that no one in America can aim their guns. There's probably some sort of metaphor in that.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pit-bull-attack-st-louis-b2681796.html