[Sender]

Statistically, whenever a child is killed or has an arm ripped off, you will find "pit bull" in the article title. Does this mean the media only reports incidents involving pit bulls, or does it mean that people who raise pits just raise them mean and raw? You tell me.

[Electrowoman]

Go read my first post on the fatal dog bite statistics. There have been fewer than 300 fatal dog attacks in 20 years. Out of millions and millions and millions of dogs of dogs.

21% of fatal dog bites are pitbulls according to one statistic. That's 60 pitbull attacks in 20 years, or 3 a year. Out of MILLIONS of dogs. Over 20 years, it's out of MILLIONS OF PITBULLS to be sure.

There are approximately 117 accidental gun deaths a year (last FBI figues I saw), out of millions of gunowners. I consider that a pretty potent figure. Why are people accidentally getting shot? Irresponsibility. It would take 10 years of fatal dog attack statistics to reach that number, and even longer for 117 attacks to be committed by pitbulls.

Same can be said of dog attacks. I see a perfect parallel. I can assure everyone that my gun will never be used in an accidental death...and neither will my dog ever be the cause of a fatal attack. 100% guarantee. But I'd have to offer only a 99.9% guarantee on everyone else, given the numbers.

[PleaseNoMore]

A lot of the time you read about a "pit bull" attacking, it wasn't even a pit bull at all. Many dogs are erroneously classified as pit bulls, even mixes. That is a fact.