> It’s so cute that you think the government will trust the judgement of it’s citizens to defend themselves. :-)
Here in New Zealand our gummint “trusts” us to do plenty of varmint control by ourselves. With real guns and no bounty. The gummint does not get involved.
Two pests in particular get this treatment: rabbits and Australian possums. They get shot/poisoned stone dead in vast quantities, and the gummint does not even say “boo”. Because it is good for New Zealand.
Even PETA and the Humane Societies dare not say “boo”: and Australian possums are even cute little critters! But they are also unwanted bio-organisms and varmints with highly-desirable soft fur with amazing properties...
> No, it’ll be handled by the city, with lots of help from the Humane Society and the experts at PETA, just like every other pet related ordinance we allow.
Not if you do it right. Just do it the same way we do possums and rabbits and stoats and weasels and minks and rats in New Zealand: give the people free rein, and say “it’s good for Our Country”. We The People will do the rest.
Well then, by all means, have fun shooting your neighbor's dogs. In America, the banning will be handled by those most competent of entities, city governments and the fat fingered idiots in Washington.