In jail by Christmas, out by New Year's.
Damaging property doesn't really have any serious consequences attached to it. For a B&E he might just get probation. Well, he used a gun, so I think there is some mandatory sentence for using a gun.
The thing is, to those of us who love these dogs, eight years in prison (I think that is the mandatory for using a gun in Ohio) is simply not enough. But no judge is going to tack on a reasonable amount because he killed a dog. Lynching sounds reasonable to a dog lover.
Think about it. This guy entered a home with a deadly weapon and was willing and able to use it. The only reason he did not kill a human, was probably because the human wasn't home. Hang the guy, and he won't kill a human the next time he is loose.
And we are the crazy ones. When this jerk does kill someone, because he will, if he doesn't get killed himself while in the pokey, when he does, than how are people going to justify themselves for not doing the right thing now. They will because the law only provides a sentence of x for y, and the guy will actually have to murder a human before he goes away for life, which isn't life, it tends to be 20 years or less. And when he comes out, suitable for nothing, he will do something as bad or worse. Lynch him along with the man, wife, and GF that tortured the 3 year old (human) to death in Chicago.
Someone who breaks into a home with a gun should be tried for the crime he was prepared to commit. Then, maybe, if it isn't a good enough deterrent, there will at least be fewer of these dung bags to be committing these crimes.