Is there a right to own a "fighting breed" as a pet?
Apparently there is. But more and more communities are wising up and banning pit bulls.
Why would anyone own a pit when there are THOUSANDS of breeds that are proven to be good pets and will not kill at the slightest provocation, or no provocation.
We will continue to read these stories about pit bulls. People don't learn, except when it affects them personally. So, laws are going to have to assign responsibility for dog attacks to their owners, and the owners will have to spend the same amount of time in jail for their dog's actions as if they, themselves, had committed the act.
Insurance companies are going to have to refuse (as they are doing in Texas) to offer homeowners' insurance to those who keep pits, rotts, and certain other dangerous breeds.
Financial and civil penalties are the only way to stop people from owning these dogs.
The pit bull should be bred out of existence.