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I’ve got personal experience that throws the whole ‘bad rap’ out the window. You want to try honesty? No sarcasm. I hate bullshit.

I would certainly think that the overwhelming majority of pit owners (those that want a pet) experience no bad behavior whatsoever. So, your one personal experience hardly seems to throw the whole bad rap out the window. What's bullshit, is people who have an abnormal fear of dogs, and then project demonic attributes upon them.

I’ve got personal experience that throws the whole ‘bad rap’ out the window. You want to try honesty? No sarcasm. I hate bullshit.

Well, I don't know what your "personal experience" is but I do know mine. Over my 62 years I have known many different PBTs. I only had a bad experience with one...it had been neglected, abused and fought and a friend had rescued it. He called me for help in training. When I went over it was loose in his fenced backyard and, when it saw me, it came charging to attack. Luckily I had a stun gun in my back pocket. It never bothered me or anyone else again and, after about 4 months of training by my friend, myself and others became a loving pet.

The only other bad experience with a PBT was one related to me second-hand. It involved a member of my step-family before he came to join us. At the time he had an AmStaff that was devoted to his wife who was dying of cancer. One summer day, she was in her wheelchair trying to enjoy one of the days she had left on her porch with the dog by her side. A gardener was over clearing some weeds and everything was fine until he came up to the porch with the hoe in his hand. She tried to warn him not to come up with the hoe held high but he could not hear her frail voice and the dog perceived a threat. It cost him 238 stitches--mainly because he kept trying to protect himself with that hoe. When he dropped it because he was literally getting his arm chewed off, the dog quit attacking.

I don't blame the dog, he was being protective of a master and it sensed the master was very ill. The responsibility was then entirely with the master, who should have had the dog restrained.

Though I fully trusted all of my dogs when I had them, I muzzled them for walks in my neighborhood. I kept them penned outside in a spacious kennel and I kept them away when strangers (plumbers, carpet cleaners, Brownies selling cookies, etc.) were over but would let them out for all others they knew. I never had a problem.

Unfortunately, some kid in the neighborhood has recently scared my 5yr old by telling her all about "pit bulls." Every day she runs home screaming for help...hysterical...when the neighbor walks their pit bull on a leash.

Now, this is a child who's best friend (until last year when he passed away from old age) was an 80lb boxer and she had a healthy appreciation and respect for all dogs.

Right now, every dog she sees freaks her out.

All I know is that the power of persuasion mixed in with a bit of paranoia has not helped MY child any.

A small child running and screaming is more likely to be attacked by a dog (prey) than a calm, rational child.