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None of these studies have any science behind them.
The dogbite.org study was put together by a magazine editor based on media reports. Kind of reminds me of the climate change studies I see. Your other site states that a breed specific ban would be impractical. It looks like this study is also flawed by the inaccuracy of reporting. Doctors cannot tell what type of breed bit a person by looking at the bite. “Usually all reported information is forwarded” sounds like bad science to me.
I think dog bite fatality's are a terrible thing. Banning a single breed will be followed up by banning the next killer dog on the list if this were to actually work.
I have trained dogs also and have 15 years of personal experience with the breed. I feel that owner responsibility, educating the public and cleaning up our neighborhoods is actually something that would work. Not more unenforceable laws. Here are some sites that go more in this direction. It sounds like they would work better than a breed ban. nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com;atts.org;cdc.gov;chuko.org;ect.

You don't get it. I have a kennel full of border collies. At 6 weeks old we put then on a flock of ducks to see how they work. If they don't work they are gone. This is what the dogs have been bred to do for the last 500 years. It is called instinct. There is no way you can take it out of them, You can modify the instinct but it is there from the day they are born until the day they die.
Pits have been bred to bite and fight for the last 500 years. It is also instinct. It is there the day they are born and will be there the day they die.
This is not a nurture thing, it is a nature thing.
The numbers I use are very valid. I gave you those sites so you could get a look at some relevant statistics. The US department of health has all the current statistics and they are readily available. What you want me to believe is that you know how to overcome mother nature and bred in instinct. The Statistics and a pile of dead kids say something totally different. Let me put the ball in your court. Show me good scientific data that concludes that this breed is as gentile as you claim.