The whole argument, concerning both firearms and dogs, comes about because of responsibility, and those who accept personal responsibility and those who want someone else to be responsible for them.
Those who feel in their hearts and souls that no one should own a firearm would also like to be hand held to the grocery store, and they want federally mandated round the clock monitoring, such as strategically placed security cameras up an down the street (much as Orlando is implementing now), and they want to believe that if someone breaks into their home the rapid response team will be there in seconds to save their dumb a... excuse me, I meant their unprotected selves.
These same people would love to see a world full of flower gardens, and well sculpted parks where other people only own fluffy little puppies that never grow up and would never bite someone.
Sorry, the tint on my glasses is peach colored to improve a condition called Scotopic Sensitivity, it's not a rose colored tint to improve my outlook on life. Like most of us here I live in the real world.
I live in a fairly nice condo, had to give up on the house because the seller had legal issues and I wasn't paying 200k for more headaches. We're in a nice location; the mall is blocks away and I can almost walk to do my shopping at either one of two local grocery stores. That being said, the huge stand of trees between me and the mall is the winter palace of the transients who get off I95 here in Melbourne. We have to have locks on the laundry room to keep them out so they don't break into the machines for coins, or use the sink as a toilet, and a few of them have threatened residents who've asked them to leave the property.
Many of my neighbors are completely oblivious and assume that because we live in a "nice area" we're all safe. Several of the elderly women who live near me, whom I've known for years, say they feel much more comfortable knowing that I live so close and carry a gun.
As for the dog breeds, the same argument goes. I have a Great Dane. We have a thirty pound limit here at the condo, but Indie's a service dog. You'd be amazed how many people have complained that I have this huge dog, but it's their jack russels, pugs, and poodles that cause the problem and bite people. Also, it's their dogs' mess that everyone steps in and complains to the office about. Most people never see or hear my dog unless they happen to be out when I'm walking her, and I always carry a plastic bag and clean up her mess. However, the office still gets at least one complaint a week because someone saw me walking my Dane.
It's about personal responsibility. Unfortunately as those who pointed it out said, many pit bulls are owned for the fear factor they create, but people who own a dog and make it vicious for that reason are the ones who should be outlawed, not the breed they have chosen to own. Get rid of the pits, and rotties and shepherds will be next. Just like banning assault weapons, they hold up an AK at the rally, and ban anything that holds more than five rounds. By the standards some of these jokers want I wouldn't be able to own my service dog, or my Nylon 66.
