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Old 08-31-2011, 06:41 PM  
WarChild
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Originally Posted by TheSquealer View Post
As has been said many times, it's not "attacks" or "bites" that is the problem and why there is breed specific legislation. Certain dogs cause more deaths, higher medical bills etc. That is the issue. It's pretty pointless to compare how many chihuahuas nip children in the finger and totally murder a child and compare them as the same thing/same problem.

I'm not saying breed specific legislation is the solution. Just saying the issue of "dog biting people" and "dogs killing people" with respect to breeds is comparing apples to oranges.
Ay sufficiently large dog can easily kill a child. Mostly because children are much smaller than adults and have virtually no hope of fending off a large dog until help arrives. I could name, easily, at least 20 breeds of dog large enough to easily kill a child.

Again, if we want to stop people, and especially children, from being killed by dogs it simply makes sense to approach it from a breed-neutral point of view. Arguing that "Pittbulls should be banned" is not addressing the underlying issue which is aggressive dogs in general.
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