[kanawa]

Here's a solution that should satisfy all but the hysterical, panty-wetting, hyperbole flinging, disingenuous, breed-banning, board spamming posters...

Everyone keep their frikkin dog contained.
Anyone that doesn't, gets stomped on and is criminally responsible for their dogs actions.
End of story.

[Wristpin]

I know these incidents make you grumpy Kanawa....Yet not a single comment of sympathy for the victim nor concern that a vicious Pit is being relocated into a formerly "safe" neighborhood.

That's the typical response of the blood sport dog fanciers. These attacks are increasing as the industry pushes these animals as normal dogs.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

"Everyone keep their frikkin dog contained.
Anyone that doesn't, gets stomped on and is criminally responsible for their dogs actions. "
A case of too little, too late from a victim's point of view. These dogs are screwed-up in the genes. You can't alter their genes by training. I've had three friends attacked by pits! I find that incredible!

[LK44-40]

Everyone keep their frikkin dog contained.

And if they don't....we're gonna open up a can of Scottish law on their sorry, low-life butts!

[Finny]

Please resist the temptation to whitewash everyone who recognizes that there is a serious problem as "hysterical, panty-wetting, hyperbole flinging, disingenuous, breed-banning, board spamming posters..." It is destructive and most likely to lead to the very thing you don't want: the banning of breeds and increased government nannyism.

Everyone keep their frikkin dog contained. Anyone that doesn't, gets stomped on and is criminally responsible for their dogs actions. End of story.

Would that be before, or after the funeral of the dead child or old lady? Before or after the maimed person is released from the hospital?

Look, I think banning breeds is a bad "solution." I agree with you that of course the problem is due to the dogs being improperly contained, but to quote Dirty Harry, "Your mouthwash ain't cuttin' it." Saying "Keep your frikkin dog contained!" to people who firmly believe that pets are people, too, and besides, their little Spike Rottweiler or Fido Pit Bull would never hurt anyone, is about as useful as asking that nice young man next door to please stop spraying graffitti on the fence. He thinks it's art and freedom of speech -- in the same way that most of these dog owners think their dogs are angels and their right to own them as they please is sacred!

There must be a sensible solution other than banning breeds or more government interference. I don't know what it is, but I DO know that there is a problem, yet most of the folks responsible for it, and an uncomfortable number of folks who aren't, either deny that the problem exists or become so defensive that one starts to smell something a bit stinky, like there's more to this than meets the eye. Maybe a blind love for dogs in general, or an unwillingness to take responsibility for making tough-calls ... your guess is as good as mine.