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Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns?

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On 07/03/2016 03:02, Cloud Hobbit wrote:
> On Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 12:40:03 AM UTC-8, Byner wrote:
>> 90 people a day are killed by automobiles.
>>
>> Why are automobiles not more highly regulated, or drivers who kill
>> someone while using a cell phone permanently banned from operating
>> a motor vehicle?
>>
>
> Because pit bulls are only as violent as their owners want them to
> be.  They were at one time the most popular family dog in the
> country.  FDR had one.  Spanky and our gang comedies featured one.  I
> own one and it was a gift to my daughter who was about 13 at the
> time, so I felt I needed to do research to decide if I should allow
> it or not.

Amen.

When a dog attacks a human, it is never the dog's fault.
His owner made him what he is.

To put down an aggressive dog is a crime -- and doubly so when it 
happens without the owner being punished *severely*.

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A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? "Byner" <byner@ferguson.gov> - 2016-03-05 09:30 +0100
  Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-03-06 16:09 -0800
    Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? MarkA <someone@somewhere.invalid> - 2016-03-07 02:28 +0000
      Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? MattB <trdell12345@gmail.com> - 2016-03-06 18:38 -0800
      Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-07 11:23 +0000
        Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-03-07 23:03 +0000
        Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com> - 2016-03-07 23:55 -0500
          Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-08 08:39 +0000
            Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? MarkA <someone@somewhere.invalid> - 2016-03-08 22:48 +0000
              Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Malcolm McMahon <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-09 02:27 -0800
            Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com> - 2016-03-08 23:55 -0500
              Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-03-09 23:47 +0000
  Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2016-03-06 19:02 -0800
    Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-07 11:24 +0000
    Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-03-10 06:10 -0500
  Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Wexford Eire <wexford.eire.1798@gmail.com> - 2016-03-06 19:22 -0800
  Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Malcolm McMahon <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-09 02:30 -0800

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