Other breeds of dogs are beaten, kicked and mistreated probably just about as often as pit bulls - and yet, it seems that 98% of the killings and maimings in reported dog attacks are done by pit bulls. Most of the time, too, the owners stand outside the hospital where their children are being stitched up (if they live) vowing and declaring that "Snarl" has always been a "member of the family" and "wouldn't hurt a flea, but he just snapped and we can't understand what happened - and they ain't a puttin' ol' "Snarl" to sleep, we're a takin' him back home whar he belongs".
2 + 2 doesn't add up to 16.
The pit bull is evidently a breed that has a place, but it is decidedly NOT hovering over a crib.
You were lucky that the loaded gun didn't go off, but excuse some of us for not choosing to have a herd of pit bulls for pets. - It's a free country, and enough pit bull afficianados are out there in it to insure adequate numbers of comfy homes for hordes of pits and plenty of kid's faces and toeseys for them to chew on when they're having a bad day. Having said that, ferret's teeth are sharp, too. So, who knows?
In the US dogs kill an average of 10 to 15 people each year while the number of dogs killed by humans each year numbers in the hundreds of thousands. Another way to put it in perspective is to realize that a child is 300 times more likely to be killed by its parents or guardians than by a dog.