However, the ASPCA says that only the American Pit Bull Terrier and the American Staffordshire Terrier are pit bulls.
Chako.org says that the American Pit Bull Terrier, the American Staffordshire Terrier, and the Staffordshire terrier are pit bulls.
My county has a long list of breeds, ending with "any other breed or mixed-breed with a square shaped head or bulky body type."
Wikipedia (yes, the unreliable W), says that "The general public and news media consider a "pit bull" as one of several breeds including the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Bull Terrier." The photo shown is and American Pit Bull Terrier. W also says "any dog that is mixed with a "bully breed"[may also be called a "pit bull" including those that are descended from the English Bulldog, French Bulldog and Boston Terrier."
So . . . I didn't create the idea that we don't know what a lower-case pit bull is. Two weeks ago, I was "let's address the pit bull problem."
Now I'm, let's address the pit bull problem . . . but what, exactly, is a pit bull? Do you distinguish it by breed or by physical characteristics?
I just read the studies on dogs and pit bulls, I do not waste time with the effort to pretend that no one knows what they are.
As nations restrict pit bulls, the goof balls try to pretend that it is an international conspiracy against a unicorn like myth.