[JLLH]

“My source for this is knowing dogs.” How many pits have you known well?

“All dogs can bite. Not all dogs can kill people with their bite like a Pitt Bull can.” Both statements true - which is why responsible ownership is a MUST!!

“Like comparing a paring knife with a samurai sword. One was designed to be a weapon and can kill, the other can cause superficial wounds.” But German Shepherds, Rotties, Dobes, Chows have all fallen under the same “vicious dog” mantra now saved for the Pit.

Because Pits are so desirous of pleasing their humans, they will try to please and do so to the bitter end (a trait those who abuse and mistreat them are counting on). Dog aggression against other dogs is not the same as against humans and the former does NOT necessarily translate to the latter.

We both agree on the absolute necessity of responsible dog ownership. The problem I have is with those posters who advocate mass killing of everything Pit or even resembling a Pit because it MIGHT one day act with aggression towards a human. I also see a huge inconsistency with those who post all over this board about how much they value freedom and liberty and hate government intrusiveness in their lives while in the same breath saying a certain type of dog should be outlawed (by that same government they claim to despise) and no one allowed to own one. Unbelievable contradiction.

[allmendream]

I have known over a dozen pit bulls well, usually sweet slobbery brutes. I have even killed a couple that I knew a little too well and knew needed to be dead. I work with dogs professionally. I am a lifelong owner of dogs, and currently own a Labrador and a Bull Mastiff.

Yes, and many dogs bites CAN kill, but the combination of LIKELYNESS to bite, and ABILITY to kill is a potent one. Pit Bulls are bred to fight and kill, thus they are more likely to bite, and more likely to inflict severe damage when they bite, and less likely to stop before killing.

I agree that no small government conservative should be for a government ban on a dog breed, or their mass euthanasia.

But as a person who emphasizes RESPONSIBLE dog ownership, I think SEVERE criminal and civil liabilities should be brought to bear upon scum who raise these dogs such that the second they are free they are out looking to kill, and then “oopsie” let them loose.

And again, Pit Bulls were bred to be fighting and killing dogs, not nanny dogs.