Hrm... just to add some confusion to the conversation...
I was bitten as a kid by the family dog, a small terrier. My sister was bitten by her friend's family dog, a doberman. My best friend was bitten by the family's GSD. My mom was bitten by her GSD. It used to be kind of par for the course that if you own dogs you're probably going to get bitten at some point or another. I'm willing to bet we could do a huge thread on here of dog bites sustained by members as kids, the vast majority of which were bandaided at most. Or am I that out of touch?
FWIW, the terrier was the one above who did the most damage, but it was still pretty insignificant. A parrot bite left a bigger scar, and I won't even get in to the scars I have from horses.
So, saying "if Bamm bit your child you would never forgive yourself" or the like seems a bit overdramatic to me. I certainly don't think my parents agonized over the fact that any of us got bitten as kids. In fact in my case I distinctly remember my mom telling me to quit putting my face in the dog's face.
I'm not trying to be cavalier about anything, I hope it's not coming off that way. And certainly I know Bamm least of anyone on here. But even if he is unstable, an unstable dog with stellar bite inhibition in a knowledgeable home is certainly not the end of the world is it?
The other thing about dogs who HAVE bitten, is that, well, now you know. You know triggers, you know what kind of bite inhibition the dog has, you probably know body language that leads up to the bite, you KNOW.
And also since you KNOW the dog will bite, you take precautions that a lot of families with "good" dogs get slack about.
This is a great site all together, but these two blogs especially tie in to what I'm trying to convey here.