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Originally Posted by Howard Treesong
I suspect that an additional ten or fifteen prosecutions and incarcerations a year will cost less than policing a ban on five million dogs. I don’t know that to be true; it is of course a guess. It seems to me there is also a benefit from pit owners enjoying their pits.
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Originally Posted by gregorio
Pit Bull Attack and Bite Statistics from 1982 - 2013:
Bodily Harm: 2,792 attacks
Child Victims: 1,114 attacks
Adult Victims: 1,047 attacks
Deaths: 263 deaths caused by Pit Bulls
Maimings: 1,677
Howard, I'm unsure of your politics & whether you're a fiscal conservative or a libertarian. But assuming reported attacks (which I'm sure is a gross understatement of the actual total pit attacks) tracks with prosecutions then your pitbull prescription would result in hundreds of prosecutions and incarcerations per year, not 10 to 15. Plus, we don't even know if it will be effective.
GGoreo gave stats earlier in this thread about Ontario's ban on pit & pit mixes and at least that seems effective.
I'd ask you to reconsider the carceral remedy for this on that basis that it will result in less not more government intervention in our lives because it would certainly result in more. It seems to me like your philosophy is not actually for less government but rather that people should be allowed to do whatever they want until they prove their irresponsibility?