I wouldn’t go that far but there are definite liabilities that have to be accepted. The dogs are certainly more dangerous than any gun. Any dog can be dangerous and it grows with size and power.
“if people kept control of their animals.” Oh, so true...
In the rural area I live in, just about every “vicious” dog-Bullmastiffs, Rotties, Mastiffs, Pitbull/Staffordshire Terriers, German Shepherds, etc are family pets. They guard livestock and deter intruders so folks don’t have to take out their other defense-guns. One neighbor’s Bullmastiff runs over to lean on me if I’m outside the gate when he is being walked.
The dogs are fenced, leashed when walked, etc. No thinking person lets horses or goats run loose, either, but that makes too much sense for a lot of people to understand, I suppose...
I think this might be a gimme-money story, too-my daughter was in an accident with her aunt as a 10 year old, looked a lot more gruesome than that kid, and no one asked us to remove her from a public place...