Posted on 09/23/2016 11:14:57 AM PDT by MichCapCon
The Legislature is considering a bill that would prohibit local governments from banning people from owning pit bulls. Senate Bill 239, sponsored by Sen. Dave Robertson, R-Grand Blanc Township, has passed the Senate and is being considered in the House.
According to the Detroit Free Press, 26 towns have enacted ordinances that restrict pit bulls and 14 outright ban them and other dog breeds.
It’s true that pit bulls harm more people than any other type of dog. According to one report, they have killed a total of 233 people since 1982. That makes them about 40 percent more likely to kill than Rottweilers — though, when the number of deaths is adjusted to reflect the number of each breed, huskies are actually far more dangerous. Other studies have a slightly higher estimate, with approximately 19 people per year dying because of dogs.
But the question is whether pit bulls are dangerous enough that governments should ban them. While the breed often makes the news, the number of injuries and deaths they cause is still very small.
Evidence suggests that pit bulls are not more inherently dangerous than some other types of dogs. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and the federal Centers for Disease Control are both opposed to breed-specific legislation because studies show them to be ineffective and harmful. Other research suggests that while pit bulls are aggressive, other breeds are even more hostile. In other words, pit bulls are only more dangerous because they are bred that way by their owners, meaning local bans just encourage people to train other types of dogs to be violent.
Many cities have ordinances that restrict residents from having any dog that is dangerous or out of their control. This policy is much better than a specific ban on pit bulls or other breeds.
No, the question isn’t whether governments should ban them, but whether the state should try to interfere with such rightfully local level decisions.
Let people decide yhrough their most local governments what is right for their local situations.
Exvept tattoos can’t and don’t kill.
People don’t take out into public potentially deadly tattoos that are beyond their ability to control.
Ghetto people use pitbulls to threaten and intimidate. it is an extension of their egos.
It’s a stand in for a gun.
Of course not.
It’s a stand in for a gun.
Yes, accessories of the lower class, like tattoos, especially visible tattoos. Analogous to a fashion accessory.
I was supposed to be, but we ended up going back the next day for about an hour.
As we got out of the truck, a guy, presumably the drug dealer came up and asked if we seen a pit bull.
“Nope”. He said it must have been Jamal and ran off to bust up Jamal. We worked FAST!
Yes. Pit owners don’t have much common sense. They think their dog, off the leash, will obey them. Not so much. They also fail to fence their yards. My town won’t even make rules,
It is indeed a peculiar world. I think it is broken.
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