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Originally Posted by blankall
I don't disagree that all dogs carry risk. A lot of dogs go pretty nuts as they got older, and suffer from dimensia-like symptoms that make them more dangerous. I'd much rather deal with a crazed labrador retriever than a crazed pitbull. Once again, all dogs carry a risk, not all dogs are bred to kill other things.
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We are on the same page about Pitbulls. I hate them, they are high-risk animals, and I think they should be banned.
I personally just think we need to go further and mitigate the risk as plenty of other non-pitbull dogs can cause damage or annoyance too. Just because a bite is not fatal doesn't mean it can't cause some physical or psychological damage to people (kids especially) or be a general nuisance (I for one, hate it when random dogs run up and lick my hand). I think all medium/large dogs having to wear muzzles is a cheap and effective way to mitigate a good many of these negative issues, without having to get too bogged down by bureaucracy or having to kill off every breed that is a problem...which lets face it, is all of them if the owners are bad enough.