Pit Bulls are not humans. They are animals, and not just animals, but are a specifically human-created breed of dog created to fight and kill. This famous screed is not applicable.
I have not been in favor of BSL (Breed-specific legislation) until just this evening, the evening of August 4, 2018. Moreover, I had been against it. Until this post on the rights of municipalities (”Home Rule”)
. . .”Municipalities decide all the time what animals are allowed in private hands. You do not have the right to keep a tiger. You do not have the right to keep other animals deemed dangerous to the public. Most municipalities ban venomous snakes or license the ownership of them. Your local wildlife agency, lawyers office, fisheries dept will be able to tell you if they can be legally kept in your area.
So limiting which animals can be kept as pets is a balance of what is dangerous to the public at large versus limitations on the individual’s freedom and is enshrined in law. . . .
. . . That is where another freedom comes into play. Relocate from a municipality that outlaws private ownership of pitbulls, that is your right.”
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I am grateful to the writer of this post. Thank you.
Excuse me. I did not clarify the quote. Here is the quote:
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. . .”Municipalities decide all the time what animals are allowed in private hands. You do not have the right to keep a tiger. You do not have the right to keep other animals deemed dangerous to the public. Most municipalities ban venomous snakes or license the ownership of them. Your local wildlife agency, lawyers office, fisheries dept will be able to tell you if they can be legally kept in your area.
So limiting which animals can be kept as pets is a balance of what is dangerous to the public at large versus limitations on the individual’s freedom and is enshrined in law. . . .
. . . That is where another freedom comes into play. Relocate from a municipality that outlaws private ownership of pitbulls, that is your right.”