If you think the idea of banning PITS is redic...

[MattU]

And I may be wrong, but I had also thought that there isn't an actual "pit bull", but that they were just a collection of breeds (Staforshire Terriers, and American Bull dogs, and such) that were similar...

there are staffordshire terriers, then there are American pit bull terriers. American bulldogs are a seperate breed, they're much larger. Mine is a little over 100 lbs, big ole baby ha

[GoingPostal]

I'd rather have a dog aggressive dog than a human aggressive one. It's not difficult to keep a dog contained or on a leash. A lady on another forum has a Fila and a APBT and people are afraid of the pit but always want to pet her "bloodhound". Most people don't know a dangerous dog if it's standing right in front of them.

I highly doubt "most" rescue pits come from a dog fighting background, most are coming from idiot bybs breeding pits for money, realistically there wasn't much issue with the breed when dogfighting was legal, only once they become the stereotypical "bad" dog and overbreeding went nuts.

The last fatal attack in my state was a pit chained up in their basement with no food or water and a long history of attacking people, but what was down there too? A female and litter of puppies. How many human aggressive puppies you think they had pumped out before the dog killed their kid (that the parents let go down there alone of course). That's the kind of breeding that's causing problems. And that's the kind of "attack" that's the norm, dogs rarely "snap". It's either a vicious dog they kept around or a kid left alone with a dog which is never a good idea.