Letters to the Editor
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So a dog attacked someone, is the sky falling?
BREAKING NEWS!! THIS JUST IN!!
SOMETIMES DOGS ATTACK PEOPLE! AAAAAAAAAAAAND... THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS!!!
c[_] <- Care cup. it's empty. Making certain breeds illegal will amount to nothing but wasted tax dollars and unintended consequences.
If pits were illegal then just say your dog isn't a pit but a "mixed breed" or a mutt. Disagree about the breed of the dog? Prove it. It isn't like the dog will be registered, it can be whatever breed you want to call it. Get a "pit" from the local papers, just call it a "powerbreed mix" or some other buzzword that the public will translate into "pit". What is the state going to do? Kill all mixed breed dogs that might have some pitbull in them? Regulate how people can advertise unregistered puppies they are trying to sell in the newspaper? I'm sure the state would have no problems doing that though, since it kills thousands of dogs regularly.
I can see these proposals translating into money well spent... All so we can protect some lady who might be the victim of a freak dog attack that probably has a probability of occurring somewhere around 0.000002
Anyone who thinks that behavior regulation via the State can make everyone peaceful and happy and provide you with 100% safety then you are living in a fantasy world, or at least a world I wouldn't want any part of. The slight probability of a dog breaking into my house or the house of some random lady who doesn't secure her property, or a prowler shooting me, is not worth giving up freedoms and choices to the Government. And here I always thought that the Liberal Left were the ones against limiting "choice", or does having choices outside of coercive limitations imposed by the state only matter when it involves some woman's snizz?