We had quite a heated discussion about this one yesterday. One person thought that the dog owner might have been using his pack of wild dogs (one of which is a service dog) to randomly assault other hikers, and that he was running to incite the dogs to violence after the first warning shot was fired. What an ass.
I'm with JoshK on this one. There is very little in this story for gun rights (or restrictions), and a whole lot on an asshole that probably shouldn't be carrying a gun at all.
Had the dogs been shot first, then the other guy, I might believe the self defense theory.
I'm not a fan of lawsuits, but I hope this guy gets a massive wrongful death lawsuit slapped on him.