Surrounded by 8 pit pulls today, I barely escaped with my life

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100. Interesting

that you lived to tell about the pit bulls, seeing as how they are so dangerous. How did you ever escape with your life whenever you crossed paths with one? You must have been one of the lucky ones, huh?

What a bunch of crap.

I work with dogs and the only two that tried to bite me were a Chihuahua and a Border Collie. I have never been so much as growled at by a pit bull and I've worked with 80 or more.

So I should just assume only Chihuahuas and Border Collies bite people? Nope, sorry - not gonna be one of those ignorant people to discriminate against an entire breed.

And btw, there are a lot of DU members who have pit bulls. Broad brushing them and their dogs is extremely unfair. I know people with pit bulls, good people - and yet their dogs are great. The pit bulls I have worked with, their owners are just as lovely as their dogs. These are every day normal people who treat their dogs well. Do you think there might be any correlation there between my good experiences with pit bulls and their owners being responsible, loving dog owners? Or is that just a coincidence?

Not everybody who owns a pit bull is a scum bag. Yes, scum bags tend to choose dogs they can mold to be the way they want. However, get rid of the pit bull and the next breeds to be abused by these assholes will be Dobermans, Rottweilers, German Shephards and any other dog that can be trained to be vicious. Then you'll hear about those breeds of dogs mauling and killing people. If you don't believe that, look at a country where pit bulls are banned then have a look to see what breeds are responsible for the most biting and killing incidents. It still happens, just other breeds take the place of the pit bull.

It's the owner, not the dog. I'd be perfectly content to see owners with vicious dogs get harsh penalties - and I mean a good amount of jail time, not a little slap on the hand. Some people shouldn't own a dog. Most roads to a vicious pit bull, or ANY breed of dog, lead straight back to the owner. Period.