stupid pit bulls

[ChadTower]

The homeowners' association would be superseded by town law, yes?  I wouldn't even bother with the group - people in those groups are usually extremely petty and care more about flowerbeds and noise than safety.

[shmokes]

Chad.  10:00 news.  Stop.  Think about what you're saying.  Do you really think that a pit bull never just bites someone and leaves it at that?  You really think that every time a pit bull goes aggressive on someone, one or the other is gonna die?  They are a relatively dangerous breed of dog.  But they aren't relatively dangerous.  What I mean, is that lightning poses a FAR greater threat to your safety, but you don't lay awake nights thinking about it.  So the occasional pit bull goes off the deep end.  It's rare.  The vast majority are perfectly fine.  It's not sensible regulation. It's not sensible to restrict freedoms further than necessary.  Pit bull attacks just aren't nearly common enough to warrant such a harsh reaction.

Tommy's gun analogy is really more apt than you give him credit for.  Sure, anybody can go nuts and violent, but not all of those people KILL when they do.  Just the people with guns.  Make it so there aren't any more people with guns, and there will still be attacks, but far fewer fatal attacks.

[shmokes]

Also . . . I can't follow your reasoning that the laws I described would have no deterrent effect.  You can't tell me that the prospect of going to jail does not decrease the number of armed robberies.  I will buy that there will always be people who cannot be deterred in any way (like people who still murder even with the prospect of life in prison or death penalty), but short of the sociopaths, surely it would have a deterrent effect.  Of course it would.

[shardian]

The homeowners' association would be superseded by town law, yes?  I wouldn't even bother with the group - people in those groups are usually extremely petty and care more about flowerbeds and noise than safety.

Our subdivision isn't in city limits.

[Tiger-Heli]

Clouseau: Does your dog bite?
Hotel Clerk: No.
Clouseau: [bowing down to pet the dog] Nice doggie.
[Dog barks and bites Clouseau in the hand]
Clouseau: I thought you said your dog did not bite!
Hotel Clerk: That is not my dog.

On-Topic - A friend of mine's brother had a pit bull.  Dog would wag it's tail and growl at me at the same time (not a playful growl), never trusted them.

[tommy]

Clouseau: Does your dog bite?
Hotel Clerk: No.
Clouseau: [bowing down to pet the dog] Nice doggie.
[Dog barks and bites Clouseau in the hand]
Clouseau: I thought you said your dog did not bite!
Hotel Clerk: That is not my dog.

On-Topic - A friend of mine's brother had a pit bull.  Dog would wag it's tail and growl at me at the same time (not a playful growl), never trusted them.

Thanks for clearing that up for us. I guess we need to shoot, kill, do away with, ban, drown, put away anything that has a possibility to go wrong in our lives, no matter how good it has a possibility to be, even love and friendship.

[FrizzleFried]

A tiny little Palmeranian killed a baby back in 2000...

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/10/09/pomeranian.kills.ap/

LETS BAN PALMS!!

Asinine to even suggest it.

Anyone who does get a +1 on the ---meecrob--- scale from me...

[BobA]

More people kill people then all dogs combined. 

[The 80s Man]

Pit Bulls are the number one choice of dog by most low-life Thug looser Wannabes.

and of course there are some good people who own them but they are few and hard to find.