Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 22, 2023

Well we can at least say that gun control has gone to the dogs.

So its not gun violence but dog violence?

That dog must have a good lawyer!!

By the way, where is Roaming, who hails from Australia? I haven’t seen him here lately, and he was a frequent commenter. I don’t think he told any jokes, but just listed banned joke tellers. Yet another Lone Ranger has ridden off into the sunset, or sunrise where he lives——gone with the wind of laughter. Hi-yo Silver!

Dogs are more likely to slash and bite someone to death in the act of guarding a person or place.

Sure. They’re HUNTING dogs after all!

My paternal grandfather born in Colorado. My paternal wife born in Nebraska. My maternal grandfather born in the territory of Arizona. My maternal grandmother born in the state of Arizona. My stepmother’s father born in Utah. My stepmother’s mother born in Idaho.

My brother-in-law was born in Germany, his father was from the Ukraine, his mother was Russian. By German law he was not a German citizen. When he appiled for U.S. citizenship he had to contact the Ukrainian embassy.

Thank you dogs, stupid owners left weapons loaded and safety off. AND children have access too often (just happened again in FL) Keep it up doggos

My paternal grandparents came from Ireland.

Some of those “accidental” shootings were likely intentional. Some dogs can only put up with so much abuse before taking things into their own paws.

Right, “accidentally.” Woof!

Take care, may incarcerated lottery winner Phoebe “My Luck Ran Out And So Did The Money When I Set Up Auto Pay With Comcast And Then Lost My Temper” O’Clinkord be with you, and gesundheit.

my mom was born in England – i’m eligible for dual citizenship there

Does that citizenship thing count for Scotland?

I need to check on that Irish thing. My mother said grandpa was caught up in the “Home kids” scoop in the British Isles, and sent to farms as slave labour.

My maternal grandparents were born in Ireland. I’ll have to look into that.

I took my dog’s pistol away. He failed his conceal carry test.

As long as the dog has a license I see no reason why it shouldn’t be allowed to own a gun.

How many people were deliberately shot by a dog?

Only Grandparents? They don’t go further than that? If they did, I could totally claim citizenship!

That dog is more notorious than Al Capone. Why can’t they catch him?

Sad for me, one of my Great grand parents was born in Ireland.

Well, that’s a sure sign we have too many guns when dogs shoot people.

The only thing that stops a bad dog with a gun is a rolled up newspaper

Hey, recently a man got shot by an MRI machine.

With a best friend like that, who needs enemies?

That dog with the pistol must be a Shoot-Tzu!

I know someone who, as a small child, shot the bishop.

Well, it’s about blooming time somebody from that town won the lottery.

Can anyone see this?

Just to nitpick a bit, the post says “shot”, not necessarily “killed”. I tried to research a bit to see how many people actually died from being shot by a dog, but didn’t find that information…

I wonder if that citizenship can apply to a great grandchild. My great grandmother came from Ireland.

Guns and dogs, a recipe for disaster!

Reason #735 why I don’t own a pet (I also don’t own a gun, so perhaps that really isn’t a good objection to pet ownership — although you never know where your pet might go to buy a gun . . . ).

I’d bet that the majority of those people that were shot by dogs lived in Texas, since anyone can own one now.