Thanks everyone for not getting too emotional in regarding to pit bulls and their backgrounds of fighting. You should all be happy to know that it is an extremely low number of dogs that actually do fight (I know, even 1 is too many but I can't deny it happens).
Lucille, what questions have you asked? A list? Why would someone be so evil, looking to argue, and be nasty IF you were civil and just trying to gather facts? The fact that you don’t like dog fighting is coming out continuously and hindering people from answering your questions of BSL or private tort action. To have an argument there needs to be at least 2 people.
“I personally do not like or approve of animal fights done for entertainment and gambling because of the resultant death and injury to the critters involved.” How can someone respond to you if you say something like that? Your personal opinion is well your personal opinion but how does that help with your initial fact gathering for “comparing the effectiveness of breed specific legislation vs. private tort action and other remedies for injuries caused by domestic animals”. Suggestion put your personal feelings aside and be neutral with your fact gathering.
Perhaps your post could have read, instead of title: Dog Fighting could have been Breed Specific Legislation vs. Private Tort Action
I have started a paper on comparing the effectiveness of breed specific legislation vs. private tort action and other remedies for injuries caused by domestic animals. Unlike snakebite injury which is a strict liability most of the time because snakes are not considered domestic, injuries by dogs, cats and etc. are often more complicated and dependent on the presenting fact pattern. One of my directions has lead me to dog fighting and the people who fight them. I am willing to listen and learn from more people that have this kind of information.
What does everyone think about this topic?
My pooch, yes I used to call him a pooch and everyone that knew "how" he was would laugh at that. He loved to be on my lap and close to me and to anyone he just loved to play. I would even bring him down to the elementary school and let the kids pet him with the teacher’s full cooperation. The teacher knew he was a Pit Bull even though he looked like a Rottie by his markings and size and I was surprised. I expected a defensive posture after I explained he was a Pit Bull but that route obviously didn't happen. She knew that she would be ok and the kids too. Gosh, I guess the news media hasn't brainwashed everyone about the Pit Bull.
My pooch was from some of the best fighting lines in this country. I do not fight dogs but I understand what it took to breed him. I spent years researching Pit Bulls reading books, attending local dog shows, and meeting people before I had a great opportunity to buy a pup from whom I thought was the best breeder. I never intended to fight him as most don’t, even though they were bred as fighting dogs. As a guy I guess it’s nice knowing that my dog might be able to handle his own when I go camping or hiking. It’s just a little cramped with him at the bottom of my sleeping bag, LOL.
Behavioral stability was one of the traits passed along while breeding because a lot was on line for the dog as well as the handler. That is why I posted that information regards how great my pooch was around myself, strangers, children or whoever. I could go on an on about how great they are in my opinion but unknowingly to the dogs they can get themselves into trouble. But the bottom line is and always will be the responsibility of the owner. It would be the same with guns, cars, planes and anything else that any irresponsible person would have the opportunity to do damage with. It’s the responsibility of the person. People use guns to kill use cares to kill and even some people even crash planes in order to kill. I have heard that guns have saved peoples lives. I have heard that cars/ambulances have taken expecting women to the hospital to have their babies. And planes well I wouldn't have been able to see my grandmother before she died of cancer if it wasn't for a plane. Each one of those examples has obvious pluses and minuses with laws to control them. Each one is a privilege that can be taken away but it is allowed first. Let's allow people to have their pooches and keep BSL from happening. It's not the answer. Enforce the existing laws.
“yet there are families who own various kinds of dogs with never an incident.”
Various kinds of dogs with never an incident—what research have you been doing that you can say “Never” an incident from other breeds. Come on!
You keep implementing dog fighting in your fact finding. I have been on yards of dogs that were mostly on chains and some in kennels. Some were fighting dogs and some were not. On my own I was able to easily walk up to every one of them without any such alarming gesture except Breezy who wouldn't’t let me go with that bear huge she put on my leg. She managed to get more attention from me than the rest
. What a sweetie. She was a dog who was fought before the breeder that I visited obtained her. So this would leave me to believe that at least they would be fine around people. Wouldn't’t that be concluded?
This isn't about dog fighting like the title suggests but rather about preventing bad things from happening to people and property due to uncontrolled animals.
try
http://www.endangeredbreedsassociation.org/index.html
A.D.B.A.
P.O. BOX 1771,
Salt Lake City, UT 84110
801-936-7513
Tethering a dog does not make him mean, aggressive, or otherwise bad. Please do some homework.
Pit Bulls=not for most people they couldn't handle the correct responsibility and understanding. Let me re-read...maybe I was evil, arguing, or nasty hmmm I argued in defense so yes I am guilty. Good luck with your paper. 
