Some people shouldn't own guns or pit bulls.
I think that is pretty evident from arguments made by gun enthusiasts and pit bull enthusiasts.
Both recognize this, yet they don't seem to want to minimize the access to either guns or pit bulls.
So, the question remains, what to do about it?
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To a lesser extent, rottweilers sometimes end up with dumbasses who want a tough looking animal and have no idea how to raise a dog.
I had a rottweiller when I lived in a low-rent area in the Bay Area, and occasionally we (the dog and I) got really boneheaded reactions. I was a young woman in college, and I couldn't afford a better neighborhood. Anyway, there are some tough-guy morons who probably spend their lives in-and-out of jail, who deliberately choose pit bulls.
My rottweiller pup got bit randomly by an off-leash pit bull in the neighborhood...for no reason. It was a random attack. The dumbass kid who had the dog didn't apologize. He looked like he was a little proud of his pitbull, in fact.
Some other gangsta idiot said to me as we were walking down the street minding our own business "my dog should fight your dog". 
The last thing I wanted was for my dog to be forced to be "tough" or have to fight.
Some of the children in the neighborhood had learned different cultural values regarding scary looking dogs. One time a little kid threatened my rottweiler with a stick FOR NO REASON. My dog was the sweetest ever, and this kid acted like he wanted to swordfight my dog with a stick. The kids learned that attitude from their idiot parents. Somebody I'm sure will get offended, but I'm going to just come out and say this was a low-rent, predominantly hispanic neighborhood.
Like we do with cars.
Then legislate mandatory liability insurance for firearms and pit bulls, with $50,000 minimum coverage.
Like we do with cars.
That way, if a firearm owner's licensed firearm kills or injures someone or someone's pet, or a licensed pit bull owner's little angel kills or mangles someone or someone's pet, the victim or their families have a much better chance at being compensated for their losses to some extent.
Fine anyone who possesses an unlicensed firearm or pit bull.
Kind of like we do with cars.
The specter of monthly insurance payments might dissuade many people from owning firearms or pit bulls.
Just a thought.
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it's an EPIDEMIC man!
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/dog-shoots-owner-in-buttocks.html#ATtlEZz
I wouldn't be able to handle either of em. Having dangerous things around doesn't work for me. I don't want the responsibility.
I do have a black belt in karate though. 
