I equate muzzling a little bit to the notion (not that it's ever been pushed to my knowledge) of putting regulators on vehicles so they can't go faster thatn 110 km/hr.
Bad drivers will still be bad drivers, no matter at what speed.
For those that don't know dogs, and agressive dog often tends to become more aggresive when muzzled. Plus, as has been said, the owners who let their agressive dogs be agressive without getting training etc. will only use the muzzle as an excuse to do even less with their pet.
If we start by actually policing the current by-laws for dogs, bad owners can be found and by charging them and keeping an eye on them, I believe it will be a much greater help than banning a whole breed or making muzzles mandatory.
By the way - I'm all for agressive dogs and their owners being punnished. Some dogs are beyond help and that has to be taken care of. But to just assume all dogs are agressive because they have some bull-terrier in them, I just can't get on board with that.
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