If you have a dog

[DickWilson]

MarkP The generic you applies, unless of course you personally have plans concerning my dog, "which I assume is not the case". One can use deadly force during an attack, not after the fact and certainly never poison. The situation TomK faces is tough and Hawaii's laws and the lack of appropriate police response is frustrating. My own personal response to anyone harming a member of my family is a matter of my conscience and does remain unchanged. Let me just add, that I have sat with a dog as he died from poison and have no objectivity when the use of poison comes up.

dick wilson
"Nothing is idiot proof,because idiots are so ingenious!"