[Travis McGee]

Right, but 10 to 50 pound dogs which for whatever reason decide to go nuts on a child can't do the damage of a 150 pound rottie, and they can be pulled off by an adult witness.

That is a BIG reason not to own a 150 pound rottie: you may go to jail if your "big loveable galoot" one fine day attacks a neighbor's child, and mauls it to death.

You will be standing in front of a judge and jury whe will not be impressed with your "big loveable galoot" stories.

[kellynla]

If anyone wishes to seriously discuss this issue just look at the facts gathered from the following organizations:

Center for Disease Control, Canadian Federation of Humane Societies The Federation for Animal Welfare Humane Society of the United States. The Canadian Safety Council, The Canadian Veterinarian Medical Association, American Veterinarian Association, National Companion Animal Coalition.

All of these organizations reviewed available data on dog bites and dog related fatalities.The conclusions reached were that the statistics did not support the assertion that any one breed is more dangerous than another. When legislation was introduced, the number of fatalities did not decrease. Measures were costly to municipalities,unenforceable,unconstitutional and simply did nothing to address the real problem which is irresponsible dog ownership.