If you have issues with people’s reactions to pit bulls, then go after the irresponsible pet owners who are giving pits a bad name. You’re going after the wrong people by attacking those who are looking at the situation and seeing a bunch of stories like this and coming to the logical conclusion that the dogs are a hazard.
If pit lovers want the reputation of the breed to be redeemed, it’s up to the pit owners to take care of it. Trying to convince non-pit owners that the dogs are harmless isn’t going to change anything because stories like this are still going to be happening, whether people like them or not.
What’s happening to the breed is not a result of the general public’s opinion of them, the general public’s opinion of them is a result of what’s happening to the breed and that’s the owners fault. Go after them instead.
Changing people’s thinking doesn’t change the facts.
>They have to be raised right and well socialized so as not to be a threat? Last I heard, a gun is an inanimate object that has to be directly operated by the owner.<
Guns kill people because of the owners’ behavior. Dogs kill people because of the owners’ behavior.
Pulling the trigger is a behavior. Not keeping a dog under control is a behavior. There are few truly feral dogs who are responsible for human deaths in this country. Even “stray” dogs have owners. The owners are either letting their dogs run loose or failing to keep them in escape-proof ways. They may have dumped the dogs, but it is the owners’ behavior that have put those dogs out on the street.
Then we have those owners who want their dog to attack other animals or other people. They select and train the dogs for maximum aggression and the ability to inflict damage. These people are in a class by themselves. It is because of their behavior that their dogs are a danger to society. These people need to be dealt with in no uncertain terms by society.