Thanks for looking out. Us Pit owners have to stick together.
I think it was you posted that part about not even seeing reference to pits in "dangerous dog" lists some few decades ago. Now that I did not know. I speculate with this being the Age of the Media and whatnot, dog attack stories make for sensationalism, and references to pit bulls (whether valid or not) make for lurid content. Which everybody is into these days.
I haven't read all that many mauling reports, I reckon, but all the ones I've read (especially in my state) have to do with somebody being drunk or negligent. Hmmmm.