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BTW, far from "feigning", I'm the one taking a principled conservative position here which advocates holding offending owners personally accountable but still respects conscientious individuals' rights.

A principled conservative doesn't make a reckless breed ownership decision which cast a cloud of high risk over his neighborhood. Nearby, we just had a 72 year old man killed by his daughter's Pit Bulls. She walked in to find him dead and her "sweet Pit Bulls" covered in blood. I really don't mind if they keep it in the family as long as innocent kids aren't involved. The breed was purposely designed for fighting and any redeeming features they may have are purely accidental. Owning one seems quite irresponsibly liberal, but thats just me.

I suggest you Google "Pit Bull Shot" and see what a law enforcement burden and safety menace the breed has become. Like most Pit advocates you seem to be in denial.

Now which breed has a worse mauling record than APBT's?

"Now which breed has a worse mauling record than APBT's?"

Unless you know of statistics backed up by 'doggie dna tests', there's no valid answer to your question. Any I've seen lump together many supposedly 'similar' breeds as well as dogs which, in someone's judgement, look a certain way.

Additionally, I'm unaware of any which correlate numbers of attacks with the overall numbers out there of the particular type of dog.

As examples, are German Shepherds - which rank fairly high on some lists - really a verifiable menace or are there simply a lot of them out there?

An average Akita is roughly twice the size of most 'pit bull' type dogs and could likely easily eat one for breakfast. They come up on some lists of dangerous dogs but not all, because there's not really that many of them around.

Again, the more such reasonable questions that can be raised, seemingly, the more valid cause there is to be using governmental resources to go after specific negligent dog owners.

Ever notice how often, after an attack by any sort of dog, the neighbors and/or witnesses have stories to tell about there having been a long-standing problem with the dog's owner which the authorities did nothing to address? I doubt all that many dog attacks by any breed come out of a clear blue sky.