A law has been proposed here to outlaw pit bulls except under certain restrictive conditions.

The reason is that at least one child in this area of about a million people has been killed by pit bulls recently and several others have been injured. A baby whose grandmother left him outside in a baby seat while she went inside to get something came out to find him being carried off by pit bulls. She chased them, but the baby was mauled and killed.
The most recent incident was about a month ago when a three year old put his hand through a chain link fence to pet the dogs in the yard next door. His arm was compeltely torn off by a pit bull as his mother tried to get his arm out of the fence. He now has only one arm. The owner insisted the dog was gentle.
As far as anyone can tell, none of the dogs were fighting dogs or were being mistreated. It seems you just never know what will tick these dogs off and that is terrifying to a grandmother.
I'm against over-legislating things, but I hate to think of anything that might endanger a child.
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[ June 25, 2005, 09:06 PM: Message edited by: smilinize ]