I OPPOSE BREED BANNING and it is the one thing I and pit bull defenders agree on -- but I follow pit bull threads regularly and can tell you the answer to your question is -- YEP. It's political correctness all the way with pit bull defenders, though they are blinded to it.
Pit-bull defenders put all kinds of spin on it. They compare the ownership of pit bulls to the 2nd amendment, they insist that it's an owner problem, not a breed problem (even though, if the lady's neighbor had had two basset hounds instead of two pit bulls, this incident would never have happened -- same owner, different breed = very different outcome), they become extremely emotional and upset when the breed or breed-type is targeted. Like liberals, pit bull defending conservatives are feminized with regard to their pets. They are not dogs, they are "people too" and have rights, dammit! They act as if it's a real tragedy when these dogs aren't adopted out of pounds and are put to death instead. They're DOGS, for god's sake. Not people. But again, to many people, "Dogs are people, too." It's a very screwed up priority with negative consequences that go far and deep, death or critical injury by pit bull being one of them.
NO DOGGY PROFILING!
Instead of breed banning, I think Americans should have the right to carry sidearms at all times and kill these dogs on sight if they are running around unleashed anywhere but on the owner's property. Period. More important, I think conscientious owners of these dogs have a responsibility to come down hard with mean, hard-core peer pressure on irresponsible owners. Instead, pit bull owners whine that they're being mistreated by the media, that pit bulls are being "unfairly targeted" and "profiled," that "It's the owner, not the breed!" But again, same owner, different dog = different outcome, so that's clearly bullsh*t to any rational person. However, pit bull lovers are often irrational because to them, dogs are like children, not dogs.
Now, my great aunties used to have nasty little chihuahuas and poodles that were aggressive and unpleasant, and those dogs to these old ladies were like children -- the difference being that NONE OF THEIR DOGS COULD KILL SOMEONE (of course, some pit bull moron will pipe in with a story about how a chihuahua killed an infant in its crib -- that's the mindset of most pit bull defenders). We tolerate people thinking of their animals as children because 99 percent of the time, as obnoxious as their "children" are, that's all they are. But with pit bulls/mixes and Rottweilers there is a proven track record of critical injury and DEATH, for God's sake. When we tolerate that in the name of political correctness and "NO DOGGY PROFILING!!", we're fools. Pit bull defenders who ask us to do so are the bigger fools.
Perfect. And since you're on the subject of 'vicious', small dogs, here's my anecdote.
I saw a little dog running down a very busy street. Just knowing that it was about to be hit by a car, I jumped out, and "rescued" it. Unfortunately, I was not aware of the never grab-a-dog-by-the-back-of-the-neck- rule. He promptly turned and sunk his little fangs into my hand. I was shocked! LOL. But what that incident did show me was just how nasty animal bites are. They are very painful and do not heal like ordinary cuts, and mine were small. My full sympathies go out to those victims of serious dog bites.