Those tools have nothing to do with dogs, dogs are autonomous. A car or gun is never going to hurt a stranger on its own, they just sit there inanimately. Doing harm requires conscious, intentional action by a person. The closest tool comparison to make to a vicous animal would be a landmine.
‘Those tools have nothing to do with dogs, dogs are autonomous. A car or gun is never going to hurt a stranger on its own, they just sit there inanimately. Doing harm requires conscious, intentional action by a person. The closest tool comparison to make to a vicous animal would be a landmine.”
100% false.
How does a dog become ‘mean’? Less than 5% of all dogs have a mental disorder. Discounting that, you are left with dogs born and raised. And just like kids, if they are abused they become ‘abusive’. Except a dog doesn’t understand things like ‘rule of law’ nor the concept of imprisonment. And except in general terms, they don’t get ‘right or wrong’ at all, concerning concepts we produced from our brains which are unique on this planet.
The only animal on this planet that kills for the reasons many wrongly attribute to any of the ‘scary dogs’ are HUMAN.
Likewise, the only way you get a ‘vicious dog’ is via abuse of the dog by the owner/handler.
Ask your vet.
It's obvious that people, from time to time, lose control of their dogs. People also lose control of their vehicles, sometimes through their own irresponsible driving habits, and sometimes through unexpected mechanical failure, but in either case, suffice it to say, that some drivers DO lose control of their vehicles. All other things being equal, an out of control SUV is likely to do far more damage than an out of control Dodge Neon.
While I'm not a pit owner, or even that big a fan of the breed, I do have two shepherds. When we start legislating breeds, mine will, before long, show up on the hit list...
FWIW, my dogs are even tempered, gentle and and extremely well socialized and people friendly. That said, I would never think of leaving them unattended with a small child.
We've been over this a hundred times on FR.
The analogy rest solely and firmly on responsible ownership.
The gun owner, car owner and dog owner must ensure control and responsible use of their property.
The actions one must take in order to ensure control and to be responsible are different for each type of property
but the underlying principle is the same.