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Some breeds have a worse track record of attacks than others.
It isn't because people report pit bull attacks but don't report Cocker Spaniel attacks that pit bulls have the reputations they do. There are a lot more pit bull attacks than Cocker Spaniel attacks. It's just the way it is.

Horse breeds have different temperaments, and so do dogs.
So do different breeds of humans, actually, but there's a minefield we will merely note without entering into.

Aside from the fact that there's no such breed recognized by either the American or Canadian Kennel Clubs as a "pit bull" (& by all means go to their sites to see for yourself if you don't believe me), there are numerous legitimate breeds of dogs with - not only similar or worse records of attacks but & more importantly - a awful lot more overall size & weight to back-up their attacks.

So-called "breed specific legislation" is typical of liberals' approach to most things:
it's opportunistic & hysterical, knee-jerk by definition, plays to ignorance while simultaneously spreading misinformation and, most tellingly, turns a blind eye to the real problem.

So, let's try to buy votes by heartlessly killing as many otherwise innocent dogs* as we can simply because it's easier to do so than vigorously prosecuting a small group of totally irresponsible dog-owners to the fullest extent of the law.

Besides, engaging in such prosecutions would smack of upholding law & order ... and that's something no liberal wants any part of!

BTW, I'm a cat-owner who hates to see us doing the liberals' work for them & merely attempting to promote logic & sound conservative principals on this issue.
Every braindead, totalitarian 'ban' we agree to go along with just makes the next one they want easier for them to impose - sheeesh !!!

* plus, let's do so merely because we subjectively don't like the mere appearance of these dogs - what with them not actually being a real breed & all.

I was listening to the radio and some doof veterinarian was talking about how he'd been bitten more by chihuahuas than pit bulls or rotweillers. Well, that may be true, but it ignores the amount of damage done by the attack. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who raise pit bulls for fighting. One of the big reasons Humane Societies screen owners now is because the pit bull guys would come in and get dogs for their pit bulls to practice on.

Unfortunately, for probably the last twenty years, pit bulls have been bred to be aggressive and as such, I wouldn't own one. I've also known several pit bull owners, and most of them breed the dogs for fighting, and fight them.