#but i ALSO dont want the legal ramifications of such a thing!! like jeez it would be bad enough

[firelord-frowny]

i dont know neeeearly enough about breed-specific legislation to warrant going out of my way to advocate for or against it in any legit capacity,

but what i do know is that today i saw some fuckin idiot walking their pitbull in public in an area with a lot of foot traffic... WITHOUT A FUCKING LEASH!!!!

and pitbulls aren't even legal here!!!

so not only was this lady already demonstrating hella irresponsibility by having a dog she's not supposed to have, but then she ALSO fails to even put it on a damn leash??? and then if/when her dog goes and rips apart somebody's chihuahua or mauls a small child, she's gonna act sooooooooooo shocked and try to blame it on everything but herself and her dog.

also???????????

last winter there was a "pitbull type dog" (i think an American Bully? but i'm not sure) that got loose and wandered the neighborhood for MONTHS!

MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

or idk maybe it wasn't months lmfao but i saw it on several different occasions over the course of at least a few weeks.

and throughout my life in this neighborhood, the only dogs i've ever seen get loose have been pitbulls, a rottweiler, and a german shepherd, the latter of which CHASED ME DOWN THE STREET WHEN I WAS ON MY BIKE when i was like 10 years old.

and im like, is this a coincidence????

is it a coincidence that the only dogs that have ever been allowed to pose a threat in my neighborhood, to my knowledge, have all been dogs that have had reputations for being more dangerous than other dogs???

like, nobody's golden retriever is breaking out of their outdoor kennel and chasing the neighborhood kids around. nobody is strutting through the park with their unleashed jack russle terrier.

are irresponsible people just drawn to dogs that have dangerous reputations???

bc it really seeeeeeeeeeeeems, just from my casual observations, that a lot of pitbull owners are brazenly irresponsible and negligent! And when i see shit like that, it makes it really easy for me to sympathize with the idea that maybe it really is best that people just aren't allowed to have those kinds of dogs in the first place!