Dog Daily News

Here we go again. This trend is becoming bit disturbing.

We reported a few days ago on a woman who was charged with murder after blaming her dog for shooting her husband. (It’s a long story. Read about it here.)

Now we bring you the story of a California man who claims his dog tripped him while he had a semiautomatic weapon in his hand. The gun went off, and his wife went down.

The man, John Aaron Norris, is pleading not guilty to manslaughter charges, according to the San Luis Obispo Tribune. Unlike the woman we wrote about the other day, he has not been charged with murder. (So maybe the dog has already testified on his behalf?)

But we wonder if something larger is at work here. Is there a dog who is going around doing treacherous things? Could the above gone-toting pooch have anything to do with this disturbing trend? Are these just cases of people conveniently blaming the creature who can’t deny anything, as they do for things like excess gas? Or were these simply two freakily tragic incidents where the dog just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time?

Whatever the case, we’d like this trend to stop before it gets any worse. If you have a gun of any kind, do not point it at anyone. Assume it’s loaded at all times. And if you see the dog in the above picture, contact the police immediately. He or she (hard to tell from this angle) can be identified by a red ribbon and the smell of cigar smoke.