I don't have a dog int this fight - so to speak. but I think Wicket has made the salient point; statically, you have more trouble with attacks - more deaths - with pit bulls.
Period.
Bingo
Especially when you factor in the percentage of pit bulls v. other breeds.
Pit bulls are a dangerous breed popularized by the drug culture.
I agree with y’all.
Actually what is documented here is the ‘reported’ attacks.
A pit bull is a powerful dog. No one disputes it.
However, they are hardly the ‘most likely to bite’.
The ‘problem’ is when they do bite....well, 1600 pounds of pressure does more than leave a ‘red mark’ on you.
No disputing the ‘death tally’ at all here. But you have to look at that particular stat ‘in context’. The number of pit bulls, and mixed breed offshoots of the breed had at least quadrupled in the past two decades in America.
Its driven by ‘street cred’ and males that feel the need to compensate for some other aspect of their life, or their self image. Those types don’t have a freakin CLUE how to handle a pit bull, any more than your average LA Gangbanger understands how to care for a HORSE.
Period.