It's starting to get really bad too...like in Denver they can walk into your house, remove your pitbull looking dog, and euthanize it. It's so horrible. I've been bitten by a lab, a bichon, and a bull terrier. The worst ones were by the lab and the bichon..the lab punctured my arm, and bichon tore through my thumb. And the bull terrier merely play bit me. So in reality, any breed can bite, any time. They need to ban all dogs if they want to play that card. Pits were even temperment tested, and scored about the same as golden retrievers.
http://www.atts.org/statistics.html

I got so angry at my mom, claiming she would never have a pit bull because of their disposition..she's looking around a little bit at maybe adopting another dog, and she won't even consider, no won't tolerate me even talking about this wonderful 6 month old pit in a shelter near me. It's a media raised terror that is so horribly off base...gosh, I need to stop typing before I go off. It's not a topic I like to discuss, I get so ticked so easily.