Take the .45 comparison off the table...for as little as it's actually observed, we still have a Constitution that guarantees a right to its ownership.
Consider if you will, the SUV (an item many see as "excessive" and would like to ban, much in the same vain as pit bulls.) You might argue that an SUV will not, of its own volition, break out of its garage and attack people...and so it won't. However, an improperly maintained and improperly operated SUV will eventually "escape" control of its owner, either through loss of brakes, steering, rolling when improperly parked, etc. And when an SUV gets outside the control of its owner, it's likely to cause a lot more damage than a smaller sedan or coupe sized vehicle...clearly by the logic of breed specific legislation, SUVs should also be banned.
This is a far more apt comparison than the .45 or other firearm. While brakes or steering may fail due to the course of natural wear and tear, the liklihood they will fail is increased in direct proportion to their inappropriate care, maintenance or careless/reckless handling, yet it makes more sense to cite the operator for negligence or recklessness than to ban SUVS. Pit bulls or any other dog may make efforts to get loose, but a responsible owner will maintain them in conditions in which they won't...if they're not capable of it, they shouldn't have a pit bull...but the same can be said for anyone who can't keep an SUV in road-worthy condition or operate it responsibly.
“However, an improperly maintained and improperly operated SUV will eventually “escape” control of its owner, either through loss of brakes, steering, rolling when improperly parked, etc. And when an SUV gets outside the control of its owner, it’s likely to cause a lot more damage than a smaller sedan or coupe sized vehicle...clearly by the logic of breed specific legislation, SUVs should also be banned.”
Are you actually serious about this, or is this satire?
The gun analogy wasn’t mine, it was Badeye’s, and poor though it was, he wanted it analyzed, and I did.
Read the thread, then reply, or my apologies for your attempt at satire. SUV’s, like guns, are machines.
Comparing dogs to machines is stupid. Machines can’t decide to attack you. They can’t start themselves, put them selves in drive, take their brakes off, and then come after you as you mind your own business.
Pit bulls can work, by themselves, against the constraints, of their own volition.
I’m just happy you two vote Republican. Both of you have issues constructing a logical argument.
Holy cats, you can move out of the way of the ‘runaway SUV’. You are not likely to outrun or outlast a pitbull. Some idget judge just banned metal bats in New York, so I guess its possible some idiot might try to ban SUV’s because ‘they’re big.’
You two genius’ own pit bulls, don’t you? I hope you two don’t end up having to explain all of this tortured logic to someone who’s just lost their 6 year old daughter.
“I have no idea how our cute puppy who we loved like a baby got out and evicerated your little Suzy. I’m so sorry. I don’t want you to misunderstand, he was just trying to play with her, and got carried away . . .”
I can only hope you live on compounds somewhere in the sticks where that won’t happen.
Do me a favor. Go out and assassinate your pets for me, will ya’? You’ll thank yourself down the road.