Sharks are not kept as pets.
A dozen deaths by pit bull mauling is a dozen deaths too many.
Pit Bulls that are human aggressive have not been kept as pets either...they’ve been bred, trained and usually mistreated (starved, feed glass shards in their food, beaten and tortured) until they will attack anything. Any breed, or any other animal, will do the same under those circumstances (as will people, check the pedigrees of some serial killers). The reason Pits are singled out for this “training” is due to their muscle mass and their extreme obedience and tenacity. In the UK, Pits are known as “Nanny Dogs” for their watchful eye over the family children, Helen Keller had Pits as service dogs, they are used today as search and rescue, cadaver, and therapy dogs. The most decorated of all Military dogs was a Pit Bull. My own snuggle bunny might lick a burglar to death - that’s the amount of his aggression.
Pits do exhibit animal aggression – of course my childhood collie (i.e…Lassie) killed dogs and other animals that ventured too far onto the farm. Gee, lets ban the evil collies next!
Pit Bulls are terriers – not some mystical spawn of the underworld.
Well duh. I don't think a government ban is the solution though.
So many other things kill more people.
No, they're not. People go swimming in the ocean where completely wild sharks live and attack. Unlike pit bulls who are in the overwhelming majority of cases not attacking or restrained; sharks aren't.
The only logical conclusion is to ban swimming in the ocean.
One death by any dog is one death too many.