As a dog owner who takes her with me on rides from time to time, I am interested in how this is going to play out nationwide, and how the media is going to treat this.
Let's take a typical, and not-altogether impossible scenario:
A) dog in car, temperature is "too hot" as defined by the do-gooder. The dog is not exhibiiting any sign of heat distress. They break the window anyway to "rescue" the dog. Then what?
A1) You come back to a car with a broken window, and your dog sure is happy to see you after fending off a "burglar."
A2) You come back, the window is broken, and the dog has been "stolen."
A3) You come back, and the do-gooder is screaming bloody murder and wants to sue you because the dog bit him as he tried to pull the dog out of the car.
A4) You come back, the dog tried to escape the "burglar," and has run off to who-knows-where.
A5) You come back, the dog has escaped the do-gooder, and hit by a passing car.
A6) You come back, the car's window is broken, the do-gooder has your dog, and the media is there filming you as a bad owner. It 70 degrees and no official Law Enforcement Officer anywhere.
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Now let's try something different.
Scenario (A) as above, but substitute "10-year old daughter" for "dog."
B1) You come back, the window is broken, and your daughter is with some stranger / child molester and your daughter screaming her head off.
B2) You come back, the window is broken, your daughter has been kidnapped.
B3) You come back, the window is broken. There is a dead man on the pavement next to your car. Your daughter shot the burglar / child molester with the gun in the glove compartment (this is is Texas).
B4) The do-gooder / burglar / child molester isn't dead yet.
B6) You come back, the car's window is broken, child services has your daughter, the media (or bystanders with their iPhones uploading to Facebook) are filming you as a bad parent. Again, it's 70 degrees and no LEO to be seen.
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Oh, and some of scenario B has *already* occurred.
I hope you get the idea. There are -way- too many people that think they know better than you as to how to run your life in every detail.
Laws like these always create more problems than they solve.