Posted on 11/14/2010 4:34:17 PM PST by george76
Tyler attorney and former state district judge Cynthia Stevens Kent is asking two Texas legislators to push a bill outlawing the ownership of pit bulls and-or pit bull mixed dogs in Texas, and to make the possession of the breed a third-degree felony.
Mrs. Kent hopes Sen. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, and Rep. Chuck Hopson, R-Henderson, will sponsor the bill and put in front of the next legislative session. She wants the bill named Justin's Law, after 10-year-old Justin Clinton who was killed in 2009 by pit bulls in Rusk County.
“My client, Serenia Clinton of Rusk County, and I ask each of you to consider some type of legislation to ban pit bull dogs or to severely restrict the ability of individuals to own these inherently dangerous animals,” she wrote in a letter to Eltife and Hopson.
Mrs. Kent's request comes two days after 2-year-old Kaden Muckelroy was killed by his grandfather's pit bull in Henderson.
The boy's mother had stepped inside for a moment to get something when she heard a scream. She found her son being attacked by the dog that had somehow managed to get off of a chain and grab the child.
Despite being rushed to the hospital, Kaden died due to the massive injuries sustained in the attack...
between September 1982 and Nov. 13, 2006 there were 2,209 victims across the nation who suffered bodily harm from a dog attack requiring medical attention.
Of those 2,209 attacks 1,110 were perpetrated by pit bulls or pit bull mixes in which 104 people lost their lives.
The next leading breed of dog causing death for the same time period, according to the site, is the Rottweiler with 58 deaths
(Excerpt) Read more at tylerpaper.com ...
Rampant overspending and over-taxing by the clowns in Austin, very little effort to control the borders, and this ditze wants to waste time with something that probably wouldn’t pass and that would be largely unenforcable in any event.
Simple question. How do they intend to decide if a dog is a pit bull or pit bull mix?
don’t blame the pitties, blame the owners...
“If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner has been warned but has not kept it penned up and it kills a man or woman, the bull must be stoned and the owner also must be put to death.” Exodus 21:29
That should take care of most of the problem.
Texas nanny statism?
Simple question. How do they intend to decide if a dog is a pit bull or pit bull mix?
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Exactly! Who will be the one to decide what mix a dog is? That’s WAY too broad, I can see all sorts of issues with that.
Banning pitbulls was tried in MA/CT. It wasn’t possible because pitbulls are not a specific breed and were too complicated to define.
I have never heard of any bread that attacks a human as anything but a Pit Bull, I mean, would you really want to say “I was attacked by a Wienner dog” or a “I was attacked by a Beagle” or God fogive “I was attacked by a Bassett Hound”....nope, it has to be a Pit Bull...
“don’t blame the pitties, blame the owners...”
I would assume then that you would go along with the owner of a dog that killed being charged with murder just as if the owner had killed?
I’m guessing NOT...
Humans have carnivores for pets. Adapt, equip, and overcome.
Pit bulls are not any better or worse.
All of them stop when you load them up with lead. The surface of this planet is not safe. Cope.
/johnny
Total BULLSHIT!
LOL A pack of weiner dogs!
Nothing wrong with pit bulls. Pete the Pup got along fine with the child actors in the Little Rascals.
Its just the way they are trained, and if the individuals who train pit bulls to be vicious can’t own them, they’ll find some other dogs to abuse.
Perhaps instead of just a vulgarity you might actually post something coherent that someone could debate.
Another simple question. What if we banned all bully breeds? That would probably go over like a lead balloon.
You taking over for Chet99?
Some people will back it, I’m sure, and some will not. And, it won’t solve the problem, which is really just irresponsible owners, which no one seems to be banning.
Ditto.
Because those Boston terriers are vicious dogs. (yes. bully breed) My statement was a bit tongue in cheek. I have an Amstaff and have learned a bit about pits since I was adopted by her.
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