“Ignorance and aggression against the innocent must be punished.”
Et tu, Brute’?”
What are you talking about, the dog is innocent? The dog killed an elderly man. And what is this animals-before-people PETA crap?
I’m not a nanny-stater but the days of people shooting someone’s dog for harmful infraction are gone.
These dogs have been bred for attack for centuries. In my town every socially insecure loser with an IQ below 100 has one because they’re incapable of articulating and defending themselves using their language and mental skills.
Please, show us the news stories of Pit Bulls saving lives as opposed to mounting evidence against all the MORON owners who are incapable and unwilling to control these attack dogs? Must we license owners on proper training, care and handling of these dogs? Is the dog’s behavior that inherently dangerous?
Automobiles and guns don’t kill people on their own yet both are regulated. But a potentially deadly animal is loose in a neighborhood and there are no restriction?
Lemme guess, you’re a pit owner, never use a leash and walk it on other peoples’ lawns, around their kids, etc because ~he’s-never-done-anything-to-you~ ?
Yeah, maybe it is the owners but it’s a lot simpler to regulate their access to dangerous equipment than to elevate their consideration and responsibility in society.
“And what is this animals-before-people PETA crap?”
Do not *even* attempt that hackneyed straw man argument.
Everyone bloody well knows that I am -neither- and trying to portray me as such is a fool’s errand.
“These dogs have been bred for attack for centuries”
No, they have not.
Repeating a lie does not make it a fact.
“In my town every socially insecure loser with an IQ below 100 has one because they’re incapable of articulating and defending themselves using their language and mental skills.”
Sounds like you live in Obamaland.
“Please, show us the news stories of Pit Bulls saving lives as opposed to mounting evidence against all the MORON owners who are incapable and unwilling to control these attack dogs? Must we license owners on proper training, care and handling of these dogs? Is the dog’s behavior that inherently dangerous?”
Two seconds on Google brought this up:
[there’s tons more...you have fingers...search for it yourself]
“Automobiles and guns don’t kill people on their own yet both are regulated.”
Yeah.
And look how well that’s turned out for us.
Thanks for inadvertently making my nanny-state point.
More regulation is *just* what we need.
“But a potentially deadly animal is loose in a neighborhood and there are no restriction?”
There are both leash and license laws in place.
They need to be enforced instead of making new laws.
[heh...paraphrased that from the pro-gun lobby]
“Lemme guess, you’re a pit owner, never use a leash and walk it on other peoples’ lawns, around their kids, etc because ~he’s-never-done-anything-to-you~ ?”
Nope, nope and nope.
Don’t have a pit.
Always have my dogs in ~their~ locked yard or on a leash in public.
[feel silly for “guessing”, now?]
“Yeah, maybe it is the owners but it’s a lot simpler to regulate their access to dangerous equipment than to elevate their consideration and responsibility in society.”
Yes.
Screw personal responsibility.
Let’s all just bend over and take one for the loser team.
*sigh*
Now I truly understand how ever-more-draconian gun laws slither in under the radar...it’s “simpler” than fighting them.