>> Judge Judy: OH, MY GOODNESS,
GOODNESS, GOODNESS.
MR. HARVEY, WHERE DO YOU LIVE,
SIR?
>> LITHONIA, GEORGIA,
YOUR HONOR.
>> Judge Judy: DO YOU NEED A
LICENSE TO HAVE A GUN IN
GEORGIA?
>> TO CARRY, YOU DO, MA'AM, BUT
TO HAVE IN YOUR HOME, NO, MA'AM.
>> Judge Judy: AND YOU KEEP A
GUN IN YOUR HOUSE?
>> IN MY HOUSE, CORRECT.
>> Judge Judy: WHAT KIND OF GUN
DO YOU KEEP?
>> IT'S A .22 CALIBER, MA'AM.
>> Judge Judy: WHAT DOES THAT
LOOK LIKE?
>> A .25, LITTLE, LIKE,
DILLINGER WEAPON.
>> Judge Judy: OKAY.
AND WHERE DO YOU KEEP IT?
>> I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN KEEPING IT
IN MY SAFE FOR THE LAST 10
YEARS, YOUR HONOR, 'CAUSE I HAVE
KIDS.
UNTIL WE ACTUALLY MOVED INTO
THIS HOUSE, THE LAST 10 YEARS,
THIS IS THE FIRST I HAVE PULLED
MY WEAPON OUT MY SAFE.
>> Judge Judy: OKAY.
AND WAS THAT ON THIS OCCASION?
>> WITH THE SHOOTING WITH THE
GARAGE?
YES, MA'AM.
>> Judge Judy: OKAY.
NOW, MR. FORD, YOU HAVE DOGS.
>> YES, MA'AM.
>> Judge Judy: HOW MANY DOGS?
>> THREE.
>> Judge Judy: WHAT KIND OF
DOGS?
>> THEY'RE PIT BULLTERRIER
MIXES.
>> Judge Judy: HOW LONG HAVE YOU
HAD THEM?
>> I'VE HAD THE ADULT MALE FOR
ABOUT 13 MONTHS.
SHE WAS ABOUT 10 MONTHS OLD AT
THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.
AND I HAVE TWO PUPPIES.
THEY'RE ABOUT 4 MONTHS OLD NOW.
BUT SHE HAD NINE PUPPIES WHEN HE
FIRST MOVED IN.
>> Judge Judy: AND DO YOU RENT
OR OWN YOUR HOME?
>> RENT.
>> Judge Judy: HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN RENTING THE HOME?
>> FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
>> Judge Judy: NOW, THIS IS WHAT
THE CASE IS ABOUT.
MR. HARVEY, YOU SAY THAT ON A
PARTICULAR DATE, WHICH WAS...?
>> THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING,
YOUR HONOR, WAS, LIKE,
MAY THE 4th OF THIS YEAR.
>> Judge Judy: MAY 4, 2012.
>> YES, YOUR HONOR.
>> Judge Judy: YOU SAY THAT YOU
WERE OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOUSE, AND
MR. FORD'S DOG CAME CHARGING OUT
AT YOU.
YOU SHOT AT THE DOG.
>> YES, YOUR HONOR.
>> Judge Judy: AND HIT YOUR
NEIGHBOR'S GARAGE DOOR.
>> CORRECT.
>> Judge Judy: YOU WERE FORCED
TO PAY YOUR NEIGHBOR FOR THE
DAMAGE TO HIS GARAGE DOOR THAT
YOU CAUSED.
>> YES, YOUR HONOR.
>> Judge Judy: AND YOU BELIEVE
THAT MR. FORD SHOULD PAY YOU
BACK FOR HAVING TO PAY YOUR
NEIGHBOR FOR THEIR GARAGE DOOR,
BECAUSE IT WAS BECAUSE OF HIS
DOG THAT YOU WERE FORCED TO GET
YOUR GUN.
>> YES, YOUR HONOR.
>> Judge Judy: AND MR. FORD SAYS
THAT THE DOG WAS ON HIS
PROPERTY, AND IF YOU WENT AND
SHOT AT THE DOG, THAT'S YOUR
PROBLEM.
AND HE'S GOT A COUNTERCLAIM
BECAUSE HE SAYS THAT BECAUSE OF
YOUR COMPLAINTS, HE WAS EVICTED
FROM HIS HOUSE, RIGHT?
>> CORRECT.
>> Judge Judy: MAY 4th -- I WANT
YOU TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED,
MR. HARVEY.
>> OKAY, MAY 4th, YOUR HONOR, I
WANT TO SAY IT WAS AROUND 11:00
IN THE MORNING.
I WAS PROCEEDING OUT TO MY
GARAGE.
WHEN YOU COME OUT MY GARAGE, YOU
GOT THE OPENER UP ON THE WALL.
SO WHEN I HIT THE OPENER, BY THE
TIME I GOT TO THE GARAGE, IT
WASN'T ALL THE WAY UP.
SO, WHEN I WENT TO PUT MY HEAD
UP UNDER THE GARAGE DOOR TO COME
OUT -- NOW, I NORMALLY LOOK OUT
THERE FOR THE DOGS, 'CAUSE WE'VE
HAD A PREVIOUS INCIDENT WITH
MR. FORD OVER THERE.
HE ALREADY HAVE TWO TICKETS
PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT HERE
HAPPENING WITH HIS DOGS
HARASSING US.
SO, BY THE TIME I LOOK UP, GET
TO MY VEHICLE, I SEE HIS PIT
COMING DOWN MY DRIVEWAY --
NOT HIS DRIVEWAY.
THE DOG WAS ON MY PROPERTY.
SO, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A LITTLE
.25.
BY THE TIME I ACTUALLY COULD GET
IN MY POCKET AND PULL OUT THE
WEAPON -- EVERYTHING HAPPENED SO
FAST --
>> Judge Judy: OH, BUT,
MR. HARVEY, YOU SEE, NOW WE'RE
IN A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM
HERE, SIR.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU CAME OUT OF
YOUR GARAGE, YOUR .22 WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE SAFE.
WHAT WAS IT DOING IN YOUR
POCKET?
>> OKAY, I CAN EXPLAIN THAT,
YOUR HONOR.
IF WE BACK UP FROM THE FIRST DAY
ME AND MY WIFE ACTUALLY MOVED IN
TO THIS PROPERTY, ONE OF MY
MOVERS WAS ATTACKED BY
MR. FORD'S DOGS.
ANIMAL CONTROL CAME OUT, CITED
HIM.
>> Judge Judy: MR. HARVEY, I
WANT TO KNOW -- IF YOU ARE
REQUIRED TO HAVE A CARRY PERMIT
FOR YOUR GUN AND YOU DON'T HAVE
A CARRY PERMIT, WHAT WERE YOU
DOING CARRYING YOUR GUN?
>> BECAUSE, MA'AM, I FEEL
THREATENED FOR MY SAFETY AND MY
WIFE'S SAFETY.
WE HAVE BEEN ATTACKED THREE
TIMES, SO I FEEL EVERY TIME I
COME OUT, WE'RE BEING
THREATENED.
>> Judge Judy: WELL, SO WHAT
YOU'RE DOING, ACTUALLY,
MR. HARVEY, IS --
>> IS PROTECTING MY FAMILY.
>> Judge Judy: WHAT YOU'RE
TELLING ME IS YOU'RE BREAKING
THE LAW WHERE YOU ARE BY
CARRYING THE WEAPON, AND I WANT
YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT, BECAUSE
WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS ACTUALLY
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU WERE
CARRYING THAT WEAPON OUTSIDE OF
YOUR HOUSE.
>> RIGHT -- ON MY PROPERTY,
MA'AM, NOT OFF MY PROPERTY.
>> Judge Judy: WELL, WHAT WERE
YOU DOING OPENING THE GARAGE
DOOR?
>> I WAS HEADING TO MY TRUCK.
>> Judge Judy: RIGHT.
WELL, THEN, HOW WAS THE WEAPON
SUPPOSED TO GET BACK INTO THE
HOUSE IF YOU WERE IN YOUR TRUCK?
>> NO, I'M JUST GOING TO GET MY
CIGARETTES OUT OF MY TRUCK.
THAT PARTICULAR DAY, I LEFT MY
CIGARETTES IN MY VEHICLE.
>> Judge Judy: OKAY, SO YOU WERE
CARRYING THE .22.
>> YES.
>> Judge Judy: SO, YOU SAW THE
DOG COMING AROUND.
I SEE THE DIAGRAM.
YOU TOOK OUT YOUR WEAPON.
>> YES, MA'AM.
I TOOK OUT MY WEAPON.
I SQUEEZED OFF ABOUT THREE
ROUNDS, AND TWO OF THE ROUNDS
ACTUALLY WENT INTO MY NEXT-DOOR
NEIGHBOR'S GARAGE, AND AT THAT
TIME, I HEARD MR. FORD YELL --
"ISIS! ISIS! ISIS!"
SO HE CAME OVER TO MY YARD AND
ACTUALLY GOT HIS DOG, TOOK HIS
DOG BACK ACROSS THE GRASS, AND
THAT'S WHEN I CALLED
ANIMAL CONTROL.
>> Judge Judy: GO, MR. FORD.
>> OKAY.
ON THE DAY IN QUESTION, I FORGOT
MY KEYS IN THE HOUSE, AND I WENT
BACK TO GO THROUGH THE GARAGE.
MY DOG IS USUALLY IN A CAGE.
HOWEVER, I GUESS SHE FOUND SOME
KIND OF WAY TO WRIGGLE OUT OF
HER CAGE, BUT SHE WAS IN THE
GARAGE.
WHEN I OPENED THE GARAGE, SHE
TROTTED OUT.
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS PLAYTIME.
SHE TROTTED OUT.
SHE TROTTED OVER TO MR. HARVEY'S
YARD.
SHE WAS AT HIS MAILBOX.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, HE CAME
OUT OF HIS HOUSE, OUT OF HIS
FRONT DOOR, ALREADY SAYING,
"MAN, GET YOUR DOG.
GET YOUR DOG, MAN."
>> THAT'S A LIE, YOUR HONOR.
>> Judge Judy: SHH, SHH, SHH.
SHH, SHH, SHH, SHH, SHH.