Ban PitBulls
Dog bite severity varies by the breed of dog, and studies have found that pit bull–type dogs have both a high rate of reported bites and a high rate of severe injuries, compared to other non–pit bull–type dogs.
Pit bull–type dogs are extensively used in the United States for dogfighting, a practice that has continued despite being outlawed. Several nations and jurisdictions restrict the ownership of pit bull–type dogs through breed-specific legislation.
The sole goal for this comm is to ban pit bulls from every jurisdiction and to treat the remaining ones with respect while every caretaker follows the required safety precautions to keep everyone safe. Dog breeds with documented health issues should also be prevented from being forcibly bred into this world.
Rules:
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Keep it civil.
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No advocating for violence.
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No pit bull advocate gaslighting. Though good faith debates are allowed.
Links:
Dogsbite.org is routinely slandered by the pro-pit lobby, but the site is informative and its data collection procedures are transparent and well-documented.
Pit Nutter Bingo Cliched excuses and problematic arguments pit nutters use.
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In a hypothetical situation, if every breed was banned except for Chihuahuas.
Would there be more/less/equal amount of dog mauling?
If you say anything other than equal, you understand that dog breeds have an impact.
And if you say equal, you'd be wrong.
IIRC small dogs are more aggressive towards humans than larger dogs, because it wasn't necessary to breed out the trait. The Chihuahua can't do shit to people.
Chihuahuas top the list for biting.
I would counter that by saying that if Chihuahuas were the size of pitbulls, there would be far more maulings.
Dog breeds do have an impact, but it is never more than the impact of training. ANY breed in the same weight class of a pitbull can be trained to be equally dangerous. The problem is the cultural practice of raising attack dogs and the cultural preference of pitbulls. If you banned pitbulls without changing this culture, they would just start preferring cane corsos, German shepherds, and the like. It makes as much sense as thinking banning AR-15s would fix the gun problem.