Over the past decade, awareness has grown that breed-specific legislation does not make the public safer but does penalize responsible owners and their dogs, especially when it comes to Pit bulls.
COMMENTARY | Starting about three decades ago, multiple features of American life converged to inspire bans that made pit bulls outlaws. But breed-speci.
If a dog has “vicious propensities”, the owner is assumed to share in this projected violence, both legally and generally in public perception