I dont’ think punishing irresponsible owners is working - people are still being killed or maimed (isn’t that deterrent enough?) and the pitbull owners still don’t care and offer no alternatives.
“I dont’ think punishing irresponsible owners is working”
Well, I’d argue we’re not punishing them to the extent where a deterrent effect would be produced. Destroying the animal and levelling a fine or civil judgement is not much deterrent against the most irresponsible owners, who are usually either too poor to collect from, or deriving their income from criminal sources which allow them to shrug off such expenses. Like I said before, if a person is killed or injured as a result of an irresponsible owner, then we need to punish the owner as if they were negligent with a deadly weapon, and if that is not enough deterrent, we need to increase the penalties.