[Brilliant]

Oh, but they are such good dogs.

[ErnBatavia]

I saw a bumper sticker the other day, on a big ole red pickemup....had a picture of a pit, with the slogan, “Blame the deed, not the breed”.

[KarlInOhio]

My pit bull is so gentle. It would nurse my children and when done with that do some volunteer work at the church. < /sarc>

[BibChr]

<< Oh, but they are such good dogs. >>

Yep.

Until they kill someone.

[from occupied ga]

Depending on whose statistics you takes there are between 500,000 and 800,000 dog bites annually that are severe enough to require ER treatment. Not all are cause by pit bulls; however, a study came up with the following:

"According to the Clifton study, pit bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes are responsible for 74% of attacks that were included in the study, 68% of the attacks upon children, 82% of the attacks upon adults, 65% of the deaths, and 68% of the maimings. In more than two-thirds of the cases included in the study, the life-threatening or fatal attack was apparently the first known dangerous behavior by the animal in question. "

So while pit bulls aren't the only dogs that cause injuries they rank right up at the top. Other troublesome breeds were german shepards, chows, huskies, and dobermans.

One way to combat the problem is to charge the dog owner for the crime that his dog commits. If the dog bites someone charge the owner with aggrevated assault. If the dog kills someone charge the owner with murder. You can't just sue the owners, because most of them are judgement proof.

The study was http://www.dogbitelaw.com/Dog%20Attacks%201982%20to%202006%20Clifton.pdf

[tupac]

This must be a mistake, I have it on good authority from many of the members of this forum that pitbulls are just big cuddly pets and wouldn't hurt a fly. Society must be to blame here.

[LtKerst]

Investigators confiscated 10 pit bulls from a nearby residence.

the owner should get Life in Prison.

He or She? Murdered those people..

all the Dogs put to sleep.

I’m sick of this Pit Bull Crap.