Letters to the Editor
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@ opinionated
I have no problem with this as long as a court trial is available and the usual standard of proof is required.
However, if you want to make it impossible to have the legal recourse of a defense, then I disagree. I am assuming that you know that that is the problem with Guantanamo detainees.
We should all get our day in court no matter what our dogs do, but it would be good if all owners who have owned their adult dogs for more than three months paid enough attention to their animals to know what measures they should take to make certain that their dog was safe around other people and pets.
For dogs under a year, it is impossible to know what their temperament will turn out to be. However, these youngsters are not the ones usually involved in attacks. If people want to have full grown unneutered male dogs, then they ought to realize that there is a potential for liability.
My adult dog is unneutered because I (once) had a reasonable need to have him for protective purposes. I would willingly assume liability if he attacked someone unprovoked. A provoked attack would be someone entering my private property (backyard or house) without my permission. Would he attack someone who broke into the house? You betcha. Pits who entered my house would have a fight on their hands before they ever reached my bed.
Hmm. Now I am thinking of buying a gun. I haven't had one in years.
There is one drawback to your idea, and that is people who are judgment proof. Half the people on the street two blocks from mine don't have enough money to sue for. These are the idiots who own several pits, keep them chained and as far as I call tell, never pay them any attention. The house looks like it is about ready to be condemned. White trash!