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Ban PitBulls

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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:

  1. Keep it civil.

  2. No advocating for violence.

  3. 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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[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Rapists don't have a violent trainer/handler/owner

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is a logical conclusion from your argument that all dangerous pitbulls have had violent handlers?

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yes - all the ones involved in attacks were improperly treated by one or more of those who bred, raised or owned them, either through intentional training to be a threat to people, or emotional negligence. Pitbulls are beautiful and loving, meaning all pitbulls are enough generations away from being feral. It just seems that when something does happen, those responsible aren't investigated.