Regarding my 99+% post: Evidently you’ve not heard of hyperbole and exaggeration, though you seem to be using it yourself.
Any avoidable death is tragic. Look at the numbers YOU posted and tell me again how rational you’re being:
32 people died by dog in 2009, 14 of them (40%) by a pitbull.
That’s one in TEN MILLION by dogs overall, one in TWENTY-ONE MILLION via pitty, which is likely overestimated since any dog that weighs over 25 lbs is considered a pitbull by the press.
You or anyone is THREE TIMES more likely to get struck by lightning (one in 7 million chance if outdoors on an open field in a thunderstorm last I checked) than attacked by a pitty, but because YOU don’t like them, you see fit to attack those who appreciate the dog for what it is.
I like your strawman regarding how “insensitive” it was for me to post TRUTH about what these dogs actually are. They were and are used by those who know them as guardians, minders and companions for children. They are misused and maltreated by those who fear them.
Face it, if a dog that was bred for fighting was the LEAST bit human-aggressive, that dog would immediately be destroyed, simply because the handlers value their own lives. To think otherwise is to be self-deluding.
Literally millions of these dogs have and do go through their lives without harming anyone. There are some few that have issues usually related to poor training and handling, but with a firm hand and good technique, all but the most incorrigible are salvageable. Look at Michael Vick’s canine victims and see for yourself. The story is 5 pages long, btw. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/magazine/12/22/vick.dogs/
And just for a change of pace, here’s a little ditty about this dog. Look at all the damned fools who appreciate this breed. Linda Blair even puts in an short appearance with hers! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtGT2apOlKw
This breed is your religion - I am not trying to break your faith in it - I am only point out that those of us do not practice your religion see the data objectively and the BSL and banning the breed will eventually protect the populace where empty tsk tsk tsking about ‘irresponsible owners will not’.
Oh, what do you know, Don?
You come in here slinging facts, empiric evidence and sane, rational replies around like a wild man.
You’re just like CAIR and probably a Muslim mole.
[and if we dig deep enough, I bet we’ll find out you secretly worship Hitler!]
/dripping sarcasm
*Why* we do we keep giving retread-Chet and his creepy dog-killing crew any attention?
Is it *our* problem that they have such a dog phobia/neuroses they feel compelled to post _every single “pit” article_ they’ve frantically scoured the net to find?
Lousy nanny-staters.
Ban this breed of dog.
Ban that type of gun.
Ban this kind of fat.
Ban that kind of food.
Ban this size vehicle.
Ban everything *we* fear or just don’t like.