I would like to know how much money the government has put into BSL. Seriously. So much valuable $ that could go to HELPING dogs. Money that could go to animal shelters and beefing up animal control departments so people wouldn't get away with neglect and carelessness as much as they do now.
BSL is a band-aid. If someone stabs another person with a knife, and the government takes knives away, that's not addressing the issue at hand. No different than BSL - the issue is not these wonderful dogs, it's the friggin idiots that aren't careful with them.
It's a waste. Of money, of people's time . . . I have no idea why dogs are targeted, either. How many people are killed by dogs each year? I don't know the exact statistics, but I'm willing to bet that very few are killed by dogs in comparison to being killed by other humans, car crashes, slipping on ice, drowning in a mud puddle, annhialation by a spork, etc.
I hate that people don't care because it doesn't affect their breed. It will affect their breed someday. If this keeps up, one day I won't be allowed to own my Border Collie. People will have their Goldens taken away because they're obviously dangerous creatures. One day dogs will be banned entirely. If anything poses a threat to all dogs, it's BSL.