Ban PitBulls
Dog bite severity varies by the breed of dog, and studies have found that pit bull–type dogs have both a high rate of reported bites and a high rate of severe injuries, compared to other non–pit bull–type dogs.
Pit bull–type dogs are extensively used in the United States for dogfighting, a practice that has continued despite being outlawed. Several nations and jurisdictions restrict the ownership of pit bull–type dogs through breed-specific legislation.
The sole goal for this comm is to ban pit bulls from every jurisdiction and to treat the remaining ones with respect while every caretaker follows the required safety precautions to keep everyone safe. Dog breeds with documented health issues should also be prevented from being forcibly bred into this world.
Rules:
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Keep it civil.
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No advocating for violence.
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No pit bull advocate gaslighting. Though good faith debates are allowed.
Links:
Dogsbite.org is routinely slandered by the pro-pit lobby, but the site is informative and its data collection procedures are transparent and well-documented.
Pit Nutter Bingo Cliched excuses and problematic arguments pit nutters use.
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Same in our area, pittie got loose when owner was startled by meeting another dogwalker at a corner and dropped the leash. Pittie went right for other dogs throat. And we have other idiots letting their dog of leash at a kids park. All she needed was those wrist straps that lock the leash to you.
Last week a lady had her dog want to go after someone's leashed cat at the park, she said he's a hunting dog so he might attack, so she leashed him. Then 30 feet later let's the dog back off leash. Like what an idiot, you know your dog has issues but you do it anyway.
Bad dogs are almost always a function of bad owners.
Too many small women are getting large dogs that they can't/won't control, and then doing fuckall to train them. That's not the dogs' fault; it's 100% on the owners.
I don't disagree with the training, the difference is an untrained Maltese is not killing kids. Its like an 8 year old kid loose with BB gun or Shotgun. Shotgun is this bigger danger by nature