>I can guarantee I will never be killed by a pit bull, by making sure nobody who lives anywhere near me is allowed to have a pit bull.<
You better put your house on the market then. Virginia state code prohibits using a dog’s breed to label it as a “dangerous” individual. You cannot ban any breed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Yes, and thus I will not be able to prevent being killed by a pit bull, whereas I can easily protect myself from being killed by a coconut.
You have made my point for me — the whole argument was rediculous, because the “risk” of being killed by a coconut, whatever it is, can be almost entirely mitigated, whereas, largely because of people like those on this thread, nobody can really protect themselves from the risk of being killed by a pit bull.
So, my chances of my son or daughter being killed by a pit bull are MUCH HIGHER than being killed by a coconut.
I will note that I didn’t say I WOULD do anything. I simply specified the way I could prevent the risk. I could guarantee not being killed on a roller coaster, by not riding coasters, but I’d never actually give up coasters.
West Virginia may be *almost* Heaven but Virginia obviously is!
Posting enviously from the free/freak state,
Salamander