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Ohio Senate Receives Bill to Amend Dog Law; “Pit Bulls” Would Leave ‘Vicious’ List
From today’s Toledo Blade: A recently approved House bill stripping the “pit bull” from Ohio’s definition of “vicious dog” has made its way to the Senate, where such proposals have not been warmly received. The amendment was added to a bill increasing penalties for animal cruelty just before House Bill 55 left the lower chamber.…
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I Love the Smell of a Set-Up in the Morning…
Why do I love the smell of a set-up in the morning? Because it makes it easier to expose shady wrongdoings which stink to high heaven. Anyone else getting the feeling that there’s something really rotten in Elgin, Illinois, based on Elgin’s most recent “pit bull” incident? The Courier News made sure…
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Do You Believe in Coincidence? Neither Do We…
Update, June 1, 2010: According to a media report, it appears that the dogs in question were free-roaming through no fault of the owner. The dogs were discovered missing from their cages upon the owner’s return home and there was an apparent hole in the fence. As the owner herself has said, there…
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OK Ohio, the Time has Come!
While we wholeheartedly support the amendment to Ohio’s HB 55 which would remove the designation of “pit bull” as a dangerous breed, we have some serious misgivings about some of the other provisions of the bill like court-ordered psych evals, particularly for minors, who violate certain provisions of the law. As such, we are…
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If the Federal Government, States, and Municipalities Can Cherry Pick Which Laws They’ll Adhere to or Enforce, Why Shouldn’t We Follow Suit?
In the last decade, we’ve seen a lot of corruption in this country. We’ve seen corrupt and immoral politicians on the federal, state, and municipal levels; people who believe they don’t have to follow the same laws they pass in a true do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do fashion. Is that what’s happening in Garland, Texas with the…
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Hey SNL, What’s So Funny about “Euthanasia,” Suspending the Constitution, Declaring Martial Law, and Destroying America?
Last night on Saturday Night Live, a joke was made about martial law being declared and the Constitution being suspended. You could’ve heard a pin drop in the studio because nobody laughed…and rightfully so. What’s funny about that?
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If Only the Truth Had Such Good PR!
For some reason, the Toledo Free Press yesterday wrote a…well, gosh, I don’t know what to call it. The article — Former dog warden warns: watch out for pit bulls — about former Lucas County (of which Toledo is a part) Dog Warden Tom Skeldon, reads like an apologetic of sorts on the one…
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Auburn, California Considers Breed-Specific Restrictions for 5 Breeds Considered to be “Pit Bulls”
6/15/10 update: According to the Auburn Journal, There will be no breed-specific legislation in Auburn. In a three-to-two vote Monday night, Auburn City Council members decided to delete regulations about the mandatory spay and neuter of pitbulls from the citys updated animal ordinance and directed city staff to work to support Safety First, the new…
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The Anti-Patriots
Several years ago, we marveled at the fact that the city of Boston — site of the Boston Tea Party — had passed breed-specific legislation (BSL). Despite what municipalities are often told, breed-specific legislation has been ruled unconstitutional in several court venues. Boston’s ordinance requires the owners of “pit bulls” and “pit bull”…
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Letter Sent by Elgin Resident to the Elgin, Illinois City Council Regarding BSL
Editor’s note: Following is a letter sent by an Elgin resident to the Elgin, Illinois Mayor and City Council regarding their intent to propose breed-specific legislation (BSL). The Elgin resident was originally corresponding with Councilman John Prigge, who it sounds like is in support of BSL, but the letter was sent to the whole…