JennSLK said:
Maybe with all of the bad media, and the breed laws it MIGHT make people reconsider getting a pit or staffy, meaning that only those people who really want the breed and are going to give it good care will get one.
I was watching Penn & Teller's BullSh*t last night with my boyfriend - the episode was about gun control. One of the comments that they made and that some of the people they interviewed made (which I happen to agree with) is that laws that ban people from owning or having things do not deter criminals or irresponsible people. Those people are going to own guns or dangerous dogs or sell drugs or whatever else that they do irregardless of what the law says.
The people the laws effect are the people who ARE law abiding, responsible and actually care about the things that are illegal. So, the dogs that are illegal by society's standards will STILL be owned by the criminals - killing/maiming people and being abused - instead of being in caring hands.
That's what sucks about BSL. It doesn't really stop the criminals - any more than gun control does. What it does do is it makes people like myself - generally law abiding - have a more difficult time owning the dogs that I wish to own. If i were to live in Denver I wouldn't be able to walk my dog down the streets, or take him to a vet within the city limits.
Wouldn't you think that the laws should be promoting RESPONSIBILITY and PROPER CARE of animals, instead of just banning them? I don't know. I think that's what I would want to see in the person that is supposed to be representing me to the government... someone who is proactive instead of reactive.
