"How do you prove it's a pitbull?"

[baldguy]

9. BSLs seek to ban specific breeds, but neglect the necessary DNA testing to identify those breeds.

Instead, municipalities rely on visual breed identifications by "experts" - professionals who work dogs, primarily shelter staff, rescuers, and veterinarians. The problem is that a number of studies have determined that visual breed identification by these experts is accurate less than 50% of the time.

http://sheltermedicine.vetmed.ufl.edu/library/research-studies/current-studies/dog-breeds/

http://nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/uploaded_files/tinymce/Voith%20poster.pdf
http://www.animalfarmfoundation.org/files/Transcribed-Interview-with-Dr_-Victoria-Voith.pdf

http://www.nathanwinograd.com/linked/misbreed.pdf

And it's reasonable that non-experts and the general public would have even more difficulty in identifying the breed of a particular dog. Yet, in nearly every news story about a person being bitten by a dog, the dog is identified as a Pit Bull. No actual DNA evidence is offered, whether or not the animal was neglected or abused is never brought up, and the only proof shown that the dog is a Pit Bull is the fact that it bit someone. And such incidents are used to punish innocent people who treat their dogs properly, with love & kindness, & animals who have never displayed any aggressive behavior toward anyone.

So, putting aside the fact that the very idea of BSLs is immoral, illogical and simply doesn't work - IT DOESN'T ADDRESS THE REAL SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM IT CLAIMS TO BE A SOLUTION FOR!