Originally Posted by kane

Using the gun analogy doesn't work. In 2012 there were 190,342 guns reported lost or stolen. Where do those guns end up? Many of them end up in the hands of criminals. This means there are hundreds, if not thousands of responsible gun owners who lost a gun in some way or another and that gun ended up in the hands of criminal who may have used it to carry out a crime.

To me that is like saying, "My pit is amazing and would never hurt anything." Then when the dog gets out of the yard or wanders off or is alone and does something violent you say, "Well, I wasn't there with the dog. If I was it wouldn't have happened."

You rarely hear about a responsible pit owner with their dog on a leash having the dog suddenly, violently attack someone or something. You regularly hear about them getting out of their yards or something wandering into the yard or something happening when the owner isn't present or nearby.

The pit is the gun. Sometimes you can be a responsible owner who raised the dog well, but as you say yourself all dogs are certainly capable of attacking. If pits do attack they can do massive damage.

But I ask pit owners this. What do you get from a pit that you can't get from a lab, a golden retriever or some similar dog? Surely they will both love you unconditionally. They will be good companions. What, beyond the stigma of owning a pit, is the attraction to owning one?