Pit Bulls require discipline, attention and affection. I’ve always advocated responsible ownership. I’ll wager 99.9% of the sensationalized stories in the newspapers(and here) were dogs raised out of negligence and the wrong situation and owner. I can’t provide stats for that, but I will say this, if those animals belonged to me, you never would have heard about them.
Every pit bull owner says the same thing. They are good owners and others are bad owners.
What I know is that the theoretical condition where only those mythical “good” owners will own all the pits has never and will never happen. The blood shed will continue until people are held responsible for their dogs and required to keep a special license and specialized enclosures up to code etc. I don’t care who thinks that it won’t happen to them.