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While I am whole heartidly against breed ban legislation, I am completely for owner responsibility.
If your large dog gets out of your control and hurts or worse kills a person (child OR adult) you SHOULD absolutely be liable for any damage they do. I'm good with criminal charges too. We should be held responsible for what our animals do.
I've had Rottweilers for the better part of 10 years now. I'm down to just the one and he's easily the most gentle dog I've ever had. Would I leave him outside alone though? Absolutely not. Would I leave him alone with a child? Never! Why? Because he's a dog. He has never been aggressive to anything in his whole life but that doesn't change the fact that *IF* something happened he could do a whole lot of damage.
Your loaded gun might not ever go off by accident, but if it does, the potential for damage is pretty big. Same holds true for any type of powerful animal.
Punish the people not the breed and you'll put an end to these kinds of problems a whole lot faster.
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