hahahahaa hell yeah they are :) Dobs FTW

What did do? Came across a dog that wasn't the same as "most dogs", perhaps? Or even "most Dobermans?" There are always exceptions, as you yourself indicate.

Indeed, many breeds are mistaken for pits. "Pitbull" isn't an official breed, so anything close enough to a pit to be mistaken for it, I place under the general label of "pits." It isn't "punishing the breed" to ban them, it's protecting children and other people who can't defend themselves as well. Seriously, people are lobbying to ban large boas and pythons, which have cause ZERO deaths in the USA, yet pits kill forty kids a year in the US but no one thinks of banning them?

Yes, most "bad dogs" (I don't actually think animals can be bad or evil, btw, that's why I've been using terms like aggressive and dangerous) come from bad training, but if a simple lack of training results in such a deadly animal, that animal should require a license to own. Of course it isn't the animal's fault, but that doesn't mean dangerous animals should be allowed to roam the streets.

Sorry, but did you even read my comment? I don't think all "potentially dangerous" animals should require licenses, I think animals that are PROVEN to be extremely dangerous, aggressive, and often deadly, and that are also commonly owned by people who don't give them the training needed to be safe animals in order to have "guard dogs" or something, should require a license. If you had read any of my other comments on this thread you would know that I know many breeds are capable of attacking and killing people, and IMO any animal that regularly kills people (at least a few per year) should require a license to own as a pet. That's just common sense. It's like a gun license, driver's license, etc. Dangerous things should require licenses to own. I don't understand why you think the deaths of many innocent children is justified because some pits are "great dogs." I'm sure if you had an ignorant neighbor who thought it was okay to have an untrained pitbull loose in his backyard, and that pit came into your yard and killed your child (if you have one), you would want his right to own dogs to be taken away. Requiring a license to own does the same thing, except without the kid dying part.