hello everyone
I am new here, decided to post in this topic (even though it's rather old)
but I care about this issue a lot.

here is what I think - and I would LOVE to hear back your opinions

I think if someone has a dog, no matter what breed that dog is, and s/he loves that dog,
I mean LOVES (that includes proper training too) and not treating it as a toy, I see no reason this dog turns into a monster. Even if it's such a scarry looking dog like a pit-bull.
I agree - you never know what to expect from a dog, especially from a dog of a big size with big scarry teeth, but hey sometimes (quite often) we do not know what to expect from people !! and not always appearance is what frightens or allerts us. should we ban that kind of ppl too? Seriously, I think that people who train dogs to be monsters should be banned (and also be afraid of) rather than pit-bulls.