RDO Woof
Your sample size of 1 dog...is too...small.
Given that pit bulls killed more people each year than any other breed (2006-2008, 2009, 2010), pit bull owners who say “why I’ve owned 3 of them and they’ve all been sweet!” are statistically irrelevant. And that data is optimistic because too often, pit bull owners and supporters deny a pit bull is a pit bull once the animal maims or kills someone - the number is probably higher.
2010 statistics
http://www.dogsbite.org/bite-fatalities-2010.htm
33 U.S. fatal dog attacks occurred in 2010. Despite being regulated in Military Housing areas and over 500 U.S. cities, pit bulls led these attacks accounting for 67% (22). Pit bulls make up approximately 5% of the total U.S. dog population.
2009 statistics
http://www.dogsbite.org/bite-fatalities-2009.htm
32 U.S. fatal dog attacks occurred in 2009. Despite being regulated in Military Housing areas and over 500 U.S. cities, pit bulls led these attacks accounting for 44% (14). Pit bulls make up approximately 5% of the U.S. dog population.
2006 - 2008 same thing (http://www.dogsbite.org/newsroom-release-dog-bite-fatality-study-042209.htm)
As I’ve said, having debated pit bull owners/supporters for pages and pages of FR posts, I now realize that death toll is just fine with pit bull owners - they don’t want breed specific laws and they don’t want the banned breed - they want the rest of us to ‘get used to it’ while telling us we are ‘ignorant’ etc. The most they will do is attribute the carnage these animals cause to ‘irresponsible owners’. That’s it - that’s their action plan. Even on a thread where a baby is killed and eaten by the household pit - pit lovers opine ‘dogs will be dogs’ and some point to the owner’s judgement. These two ‘techniques’ (1. call that specific owner ‘irresponsible’ and 2. insist that ‘dogs will be dogs’) are the ‘action plan’ that pit lovers have adopted. Oh and sometimes they post cutsey pictures of pit bull puppies to ‘help’ the rest of us ‘accept’ yet another story of a pit bull killing a family member. These 3 techniques have done nothing to reduce the body count ant that’s just fine with pit bull owners. They object to any attempt by the public to use laws to reduce the death toll. I know pit lovers think I’m full of it. Guess what I think of pit bull lovers who want the rest of us to shut up and get used to dogs killing and eating babies?
You are a fool. Go debate yourself.
RDO Woof
As I’ve said, having debated pit bull owners/supportersdoctor's patients for pages and pages of FR posts, I now realize that death toll is just fine with pit bull owners automobile drivers, swimming pool owners and amusement park operators blah blah blah.
Just trying to show how absurd your attempt at argument is.
Until the war on (certain) drugs, this was not a problem, but now we have thugs using these dogs as weapons, and many wanna-be's and inept folk thinking that they can "handle" these dogs, or they want them so they can "look tough". It's NOT the breeds fault, but the owners, and the patrons of the church of perpetual panic (AKA the mainstream media) definitely seem to have infected you with their hysteria.
Actually, to be on the safe side, since all of the pit bulls who have killed or maimed someone were dogs we should probably just ban dogs altogether. That should satisfy you.