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Watertown, Wisconsin Inflexible on “Pit Bull” Ban; Resident Gets Frosty Reception
When last we heard from Watertown, Wisconsin, it sounded like the Safety and Welfare Committee and the city council were willing to take into account their constituents’ worries about being made to choose between their homes and their dogs. However, Alderman Bob Stocks, who had prior been sympathetic to his constituents’ concerns about the…
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Maryland: Federal Judge Upholds Strict Liability “Pit Bull” Law
Those in the dog lobby intent on overturning Maryland’s strict liability law for “pit bulls” (and their owners and the owner’s landlord) “hit a setback” when a federal judge ruled the strict liability law could stand. Strict liability means that if that non-existent “breed” “pit bull” bites you in the state of Maryland and…
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Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court against Richland, Mississippi “Pit Bull” Ban
I’ve included the following excerpts from the AP article about the lawsuit and will point-counterpoint address the City of Richland’s ridiculous comments about their breed-specific legislation (BSL), which include long-outdated urban mythology about that non-existent “breed” “pit bull.” From the AP: …The city of Richland, a Jackson suburb of about 7,000 residents, passed an ordinance…
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Debunking the Myth that Certain Dog Breeds Attack Without Warning and Other “Pit Bull” Urban Mythology
[Warning: This post contains photos of a graphic nature and should not be viewed by youths or those who are sensitive to graphic imagery.] Old-School politicos used to say that “As California goes, so goes the rest of the country.” God help us if that’s true since there is an unusually large amount of…
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Great Bend, Kansas Still Mulling “Pit Bull” Ban
Editor’s note: Municipalities should absolutely care about protecting children and indeed all of their citizens, but that’s precisely why citizens shouldn’t lobby for breed-specific legislation (BSL), whether an outright ban or restrictions, because BSL has a decades-long history of not working. Indeed, if people really wanted to keep their children and communities safer, they’d…
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Rockaway Beach, Missouri May Consider “Pit Bull” Ban
Editor’s note: As we all know, Springfield, Missouri has had a breed-specific law for many years, but Springfield is now considering repealing the breed-specific portion of their ordinance in favor of a dangerous-dog law. And while Springfield may incorporate AKC and UKC breed conformation standards in their ordinance, AKC and UKC breed standards…
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North Carolina Representatives Rodney Moore and Larry Pittman’s HB 956 Would Regulate Ownership of “Aggressive Dog Breeds”
April 25, 2013 update: According to the Wall Street Journal, HB 956 “died in committee.” According to its sponsor, Rep. Rodney Moore, “he wasnt sure that the breeds designated by the bill as aggressive are ones ‘with the most incidents,’ but he said they ‘were the most prevalent by the feedback that Ive gotten’.”…
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Riverside County, California to Consider Mandatory Spay/Neuter Law for “Pit Bulls”
From the Palm Desert Patch: ….After hearing from their constituents, the [Riverside County Board of] supervisors voted 5-0 Tuesday to direct staff to draft an ordinance that would mandate spay and neuter of Pit Bulls and Pit Bull mixes across unincorporated areas of the county. The draft will come before the board at a later…
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Merritt Clifton, Gun Grabbers, and Doggy Killers Exploit the Dead for Their Selfish Ends
You know it’s been hard enough watching the doggy killers and the gun grabbers repeatedly muddling “pit bull” ownership and gun ownership — like Gary Stein of the Sun-Sentinel did just this week when he advocated for breed-specific laws and gun control, as one alderman did in Watertown, Wisconsin when they were considering a “pit…
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Maryland Bills — SB 160 and HB 78 — Would Overturn “Pit Bull” Strict Liability of Tracey v. Solesky
April 10, 2013 update: The bills that would have reversed the court decision (Tracey v. Solesky) declaring “pit bulls” an inherently dangerous “breed” failed. March 27, 2013 update: The Maryland House and Senate are still at an impasse over the “pit bull” bill. March 14, 2013 update: The Baltimore Sun notes that, …the state Senate…