You jump to a whole lot of conclusions here, which I don't get. I never mentioned money, and frankly didn't consider it at all. I was thinking about if the owner should face charges and whether or not the dog should be put down. But now that you mention it, you're taking on a lot of financial risk by using a weapon on someone else's dog, even if you don't hurt anyone else in the process.
If that dog rips your kid's face off or leaves you unable to work, and the owner gets the DEATH PENALTY, how does that help you OR your kid?
"Gee little Suzy, the other kids hurl when they see your face, but we didn't get sued by the people who own the dog that tore you to shreds!"
1. No one is asking you to protect the dog. But just because it's "only" a dog, doesn't lower the criteria of when you should draw and use a CCW. If you are attacked by a mouse, go ahead and step on it. But don't draw your CCW to dispatch it.
That's EXACTLY what you're asking me to do. In FACT, I've been asked to let a dog BITE me, a "FEW" times.
2. If it doesn't bite you even once, then how do you know it was really going to attack you?
If the man with the butcher knife charging at you doesn't ACTUALLY stab you, then how do you know he was really going to attack you?
I don't need to "KNOW". I just need to reasonably believe.
Dogs run up and bark. That's what they do.
If they do it on public property in a way that causes the public to be in reasonable fear of life and limb, they may be shot for it.
What part of "control your animal" don't you understand?
Your dog is YOUR responsibility. Exercise that responsibility, or your dog may pay the consequences for YOUR negligence or malice.
I'm always baffled by the assertion that I should pander to the malignant narcissism of total strangers. You sound strangely like those who claim that they should be able to get stupid drunk, kick in my front door at 3:00am and NOT get shot.
Let's replace the words with "I'm not gonna let a guy hit me even once.
It depends upon the correlation of force.
If there's a disparity of force, the State of Ohio will (outside of my home) expect me to try to withdraw if I can do so IN PERFECT SAFETY. If you thwart that attempt and present a reasonable fear of my being beaten to death or seriously injured, you're going to get shot. And NO, I don't have to let you hit me ONCE.