[freedom462]

The studies are often difficult to decipher because the classifications of breeds are often done improperly, so the more reliable studies are those that show aggression tendencies among different breeds assuming their owners raise them essentially the same.

[Himyar]

I just hate that non-pit bull breeds get painted with the same brush. My Black Mouth Mountain Cur (a squirrel dog) freaked out my insurance agent. As did my Great Dane. He said they were both “pits” and I had to get rid of them. I got rid of the insurance company. In his words, anything with mastiff or bulldog ancestry was classified as a pit bull for insurance purposes. I told him he was an idiot.

[Scoutmaster]

Maybe my research skills aren't as developed as yours. I've done my research.

Could you please direct me to the "reliable" studies on aggression tendencies? It would be helpful if these pit bull myth debunking sites referred to them instead of to statistics that are debunked by pit bull myth debunking site debunking sites.

[workerbee]

The studies are often difficult to decipher because the classifications of breeds are often done improperly, so the more reliable studies are those that show aggression tendencies among different breeds assuming their owners raise them essentially the same.

Ahh-huh.

IOW, the claim that pit bulls attack less frequently than other breeds was an "orificial" vs. "official" statistic.