You are an hypocrite, emotional and ignorant.
There is a name for those who are willing to trade freedom for safety.
I'll stay on the side of and fight for Freedom
and advocate for the responsibility that comes with it.
Standard “it depends on what your definition of ‘is’ is” fare frequently offered up from pit bull advocates to try to make it seem that it’s just impossible to pin down what kind of dog is doing ALL THIS KILLING. Instead, with a wave of the hand, they try to redirect “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for” but it just doesn’t work.
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Quoting you:
The question then becomes how can responsibility be most effectively taught
and how can irresponsible behavior be most effectively policed and punished.
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No. That’s not the question. Pit bull owners don’t want to be responsible for the damage their dogs do (OH DON’T TAKE ME TO JAIL! NOOOOOO!!!!) and rarely if ever carry insurance on this damaging breed so the victim is stuck paying massive medical bills (if they survive), living with missing limbs/faces and going through countless operations while the owner gets off scot free.
No, the question is not how responsibility can be taught because pit bull owners have failed at being responsible all these years and are simply not interested in becoming responsible.
And “irresponsible behavior” clearly includes choosing to own a dog with this breed’s known capacity and proclivity to attack and do devastating damage. Owning this dog as a “pet” is “irresponsible behavior.” Ban the breed and prosecute violators. I am encouraged by the reports of criminal charges against dog owners whose “pets” hunt and kill others. If pit bull owners are prevented from worming their way out of being responsible for their irresponsible behavior (owning a pit as a pet) then it will drastically decrease the body count.