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Originally Posted by Coach
Prefacing this with an open mind about what people truly expect can be done. I see why people compare it to the gun issue but I think it’s quite different for a few reasons.
A gun isn’t a living thing with rights. Not human rights, but some legal protections against inhumane treatment.
People that have guns can’t make more guns by putting 2 guns together.
You can’t train a gun to not fire. You can put a safety on, but it can be unlocked, and you can train a gun owner, but not stop someone else from being able to use it.
I agree it’s a problem to be solved, but it’s not a panic button issue IMO. It’s violent and tragic, but rare and people die a lot more from a lot of other preventable things. This is not the epidemic that gun violence is in the US.
Practically I think you could have a ban on new breeding, a license for having dangerous breed (maybe a few others should be added?) and harsh penalties for being caught with a breed without a proper license, maybe jail time for breeding.
The breed(s) would likely be gone within a few generations and animals that are already out there don’t have to… I don’t know? I’m genuinely curious what people think should happen to these dogs under a pure ban, even with grandfathered ownership. And mixed breeds as well.
Honestly breeding in general probably needs some form of strict oversight and population control. Not sure how you’d deal with that. Have no clue what goes into “proper” dog breeding.
Maybe you don’t get to have a dog if you’ve had a Redbull (or some other equivalent drink) in the last 48hrs?
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You know, I did some more research on this, starting with New Zealand's ban on bully breeds. It looks like places that have implemented breed bans, have not seen a decline in incidents that they were expecting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breed-...ic_legislation
I have somewhat switched my thinking to ownership level restrictions. Things like mandatory training for certain breeds possibly. Implement actual severe penalties to the owners for even a simple bite and start enforcing them. How many times have we seen a death and the only thing that happens is the dog is put down. Go after that owner, they are the just as guilty here. Make people think "Is this the right dog to get since if something goes wrong with it, I'll be responsible both criminally and financially?"