[NapkinUser]

I don’t like it but, what if it had been a child?

Yes, yes, what about the children?

People need to be responsible, for both their dogs in their kids. If you own a large breed dog and it escapes and kills someone, it's your fault. And if your kid goes wondering onto someone else's private property unknown to them and gets killed by the family dog, it's the parents' fault, not the dog owner.

Banning is hardly ever the solution.

[org.whodat]

And if your kid goes wondering onto someone else's private property unknown to them and gets killed by the family dog, it's the parents' fault, not the dog owner.

Wrong, having an unfenced dangerous animal is the same under tort law as having an unfenced pool. You cannot expect kids to make adult decisions.

[lula]

Personal Responsibility!!....but if we don’t have that than I’m all for banning vicious breeds. As someone in an earlier post stated you don’t hear about a cocker spaniel killing. I’ts always a pit bull. I once had a Irish Setter we “rescued” Dumb dog took down a fawn. We returned him. Won’t have a problem dog. We also took back a lab that bit my daughter once. We love our pets but will not tolerate irresponsibility.