Pit Bull Bans

[Cletus]

Dogs don't attack without a reason. The people who claim "He just attacked me" are full of $#@! or lying to cover up their own actions. They did something to trigger the dog.

Pit Bulls were for decades, America's "nanny dogs". People trusted them to watch over their children. They were the most trusted breed in America. There is nothing wrong with the breed.

[Common]

A pit bull can't be trusted no matter how it is raised. However, I don't support banning them. I'd rather see the owners held fully accountable for their pet.

Banning wont work, they have to register pit bull breeders keep tabs on them and go after all the other half ass breeders that pump out puppies

[Tahuyaman]

Many pit bull lovers are in denial. That can be a careless and dangerous attitude.

Pit bulls can and have attacked for no apparent reason. That doesn't mean every pit bull will eventually attack and maul a human, but it is not smart to trust any pit bull.

[Cletus]

Many pit bull lovers are in denial. That can be a careless and dangerous attitude.

Pit bulls can and have attacked for no apparent reason. That doesn't mean every pit bull will eventually attack and maul a human, but it is not smart to trust any pit bull.

It is not smart to completely trust ANY dog... or person. People kill and maim a Hell of a lot more people than Pit Bulls every year. Maybe we should consider a ban on them.

[Cthulhu]

That is starting to happen in alot of places, extraordinary high liability insurance.
Shepherds bite more people than pitbulls yearly, but then never kill and maim anywhere near the degree of pitbulls, the other factor is theres more shepherds and you never see a shepherd in a shelter as soon as it gets there they are adopted.

Pitbull lovers deny the truth there are too many inexplicable pit bull attacks by dogs not raised to fight or abused. You raise any dog to fight or abuse it, it becomes mean and dangerous.

True that.

I don't like the idea of banning them though. I think they would make a great breed for military use though.

Sent from my evil cell phone.

[Ethereal]

When people claim that a dog attacked them "for no reason" I never believe them. You may not understand the dog's reason, but they always have one.

[Cletus]

When people claim that a dog attacked them "for no reason" I never believe them. You may not understand the dog's reason, but they always have one.

Spot on.

[Tahuyaman]

Banning wont work, they have to register pit bull breeders keep tabs on them and go after all the other half ass breeders that pump out puppies

I said that I don't support banning them. I also have trouble supporting a law which requires registration for a breeder. I don't know what that would accomplish. A pit bull breeder should be treated the same as any other breeder. There could be standards developed which help eliminate cruel puppy mill operations.

[Tahuyaman]

A dog can attack because you were walking on the sidewalk in front of it's home. It doesn't necessarily take an aggressive or provocative act.

[donttread]

Oppose.

People who suggest Pit Bull bans should be banned.

Again emotion over reality. Bull dogs and rotwillers do almost all the dog kills of humans in our country. It's not just how their raised. It's inborn instinct to contiue the attack once begun unlike most dogs who bite once or twice and get out of there.
Just another area where empirical data is useless in the face of human emotion.
You could phase them out rather than put existing dogs down