Born and Bred American wrote:
It amazes me how some people can allow their own ignorance and fear to lead them around by the nose while keeping them completely blind to reality. Fact - all dogs are meat eaters (like humans). Fact all dogs can bite and attack (like humans). Fact any HUMAN can attempt to turn ANY DOG into a fighting dog and/or make it vicious while that same dog may not necessarily become that (again just like humans in how some parents treat their kids and end up with psychotics or sociopathics). Fact dogs can be trained the right way or wrong way and behavior depends on training 95+% of the time (just like humans). Reality is that the breed of the dog does not mean anything in how the animal will turn out. The major determining factor in how a dog turns out is in how it is trained. Again all of this is just like the human race. The ignorant things that I read hear and I hear out of peoples mouths amaze me since it is within the same ignorant excuse making thinking of the 1700's over racism.
It amazes me the things that you dont hear about in the news about this breed. IE a serial rapist broke into a friends home. It was just her and her daughter home. Her husband (A Sherriff) was at work. The 14 month old pit bull (new mother also with litter of 6) growled the serial rapist (who had a gun) out of the house while my friend called 911. Because of the dog growling the serial rapist out the door my friend and her daughter are alive today, how many unkonw other women were not violated and/or killed by a serial rapist who was captured (in the yard), and the news completely bypassed the fact that a pit bull saved their lives because the news lady was afraid of the hero dog.
While you bad mouth this breed you bad mouth a hero. But then again maybe you think Osama is your friend too despite the fact that he master-minded the death of over 20k Americans over the span of 25 years...
Ignorance and fear? You need to talk to yourself.
Let's see...here is a list of dogs that I would let my (8 yo plus)kid have.
Toy
Chihuahua
Dachshund
Poodle
Beagle
Cocker or Springer Spaniel
Pug

These above listed breeds probably will not kill you or your household family members, your visiting sister, someone else's family members, or someone else's pet or your pet.
You probably will be able to keep your homeowners insurance and have more friends in the neighborhood. Unless you enjoy siting on your front porch with your shotgun and Pit Bull next to you.
Pit Bulls "specialize" in attacking and killing small and larger children, women and the elderly.
These are the FACTS.