True.
Further, every dog that has attacked, bitten, barked at or sneezed upon a person in the last fifteen years has been a pit bull. Every dog in every news report that isn't wearing a bow in its hair is a pit bull. Every dog that has ever done anything unsavory is a pit bull. Every dog that has ever hijacked an airplane has been a pit bull. Every dog that is delinquent in paying its income tax is a pit bull. Every dog that has ever rang your doorbell and run is a pit bull. Why did the Space Shuttle Columbia crash? Ignoring the frozen o-ring problem the launch was given the green light by, you guessed it ........ a PIT BULL!
As a German Shepherd lover I guarantee that’s exaggeration. Indeed some people don’t know much and get dogs totally different mixed up, but most know pretty well the look of some rather popular breeds. Nonetheless, the ignorance and misidentification that does exist - and mixed ancestries - turns me against bans on dogs.