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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Guns don't get old and have a bad day killing their owner. Pitbulls do unfortunately. I've seen good ones and bad ones but when they are hurting or just grumpy old farts they can go off. The difference between a shitzu and and pitbull doing that is the pitbull is powerful and the shitzu is annoying.

[–] ngdev@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"heres anecdotal evidence to support my worldview"

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Searching "pitbull kills baby" gets way too mant results for my liking

[–] ngdev@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

so does "golden retriever kills baby" or "insert any dog breed kills baby"

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's just less common compared to the relative popularity of the breeds

[–] Bleys@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It literally doesn’t, please cite a single golden retriever kills baby article

[–] ngdev@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

https://howellinjurylaw.com/blog/newly-adopted-dog-kills-infant/

the point was that "too many results for my liking" doesnt mean anything unless there is a number greater than 0 that is to your liking in which case yikes

[–] ngdev@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://howellinjurylaw.com/blog/newly-adopted-dog-kills-infant/

the point was that "too many results for my liking" doesnt mean anything unless there is a number greater than 0 that is to your liking in which case yikes

[–] Bleys@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The one example you found came over a decade ago from a retriever mix in a household where a different unspecified dog later attacked another child. So on one side you have a single tenuous example from over ten years ago in a huge red flag environment, and on the other you have multiple pit bull fatalities this month.

lol, lmao even

Edit: it’s also worth noting that your cited example involved an infant child, who are the most vulnerable humans by far and could be at threat by basically any living entity. Whereas every pit bull example I listed above, again just from this month, involved fully grown adults.

[–] ngdev@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 weeks ago
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Counterpoint, hipoints