You’re the one who has been justifying Pit Bulls because of what you consider the low number of kills. Tell us, what number of killings and maulings and maimings would be too many? At what number would you agree to restrictive legislation?
When Pit Bulls attack, they don’t just make a couple of puncture wounds like most attacking dogs. They tear off faces, they tear off flesh, they break bones. And, for the most part, they don’t stop their attack until their victim is dead, or they are dead or so seriously wounded that the can’t continue. Or until someone is able to pull them away between bites (because once they bite down, they tend to not let go unless they sense an opportunity to attack a more vulnerable body part.)
They are one of the very few breeds with that behavior.
So, an attack by a Pit Bull is usually far worse, doing much more physical damage than just about any other breed.
This subject is just like any other in a Constitutional Republic. Our form of government was created for a citizenry that practices self-government. As the people move away from that model, the government is forced, because of the responsibility to protect the people, to craft laws that govern people who won’t govern themselves.
There are far too many Pit Bull owners who refuse to govern themselves, so local and State governments are forced to pick up the slack. When children are not safe to go to the park, or to walk to their friend’s house, government has to step in at a certain point, and protect the vulnerable.
Responsible Pit Bull owners are forced to abide by the same restrictions, because of the irresponsible. I have not seen any movement by any group of Pit Bull owners to challenge the irresponsible owners, or even to educate them. Instead, I hear whining because they’re going to be restricted by the inevitable move of government to govern the irresponsible owners.
You want to hold off the restrictive hand of government? Go start a big movement to confront all those bad owners and get them to change their behavior.
BTW, there have been more than 6,100 injuries from lawn darts, so once again, you want to focus on the number of deaths and ignore the injuries. That gives the distinct impression, regardless of your protestations to the contrary, that injuries are OK with you. It makes your protests seem insincere.
Check out Best Friends. They rehabbed a lot of Vick's fighting dogs.
All I know to say is you’re going down a very slippery slope when you start getting the government involved in banning things that may potentially cause harm.