DA is not the problem here. The biggest problem with pit bulls is their numbers. That is what makes them different from any other DA breed. Everyone and their brother have a pit bull. Everyone and their brother can afford a pit bull. It isn't hard to look through the newspaper and find $100-$200 dollar pit bull pupppies, and that is sad. Unlike other complicated breeds whose breeders have a firm hand on their puppies and breed for consistent traits, most pit bull breeders are BYBers who give puppies to anyone with money in their pockets, and breed for pets, guard dogs, fighting dogs, etc. Can you imagine if Akitas, Filas, or Malinois was as mishandled as APBTS are. There would be a state wide ban, no question about that! Atleast pit bulls are generally a human friendly breed, thank god for that.
I mean, what is the most damaging to the breed isn't being DA, it is how they fight. How they typically grab on and can hold on no matter what is being done to them. A dog attacking your dog is scary. A pit bull attacking your dog is horrifying. The grab and hold method causes much more damage than a normal bite and slash that dogs typically do. Just the other day I was reading how a person 4 month old golden retriever puppy had one of its leg broken in a pit bull attack that last in what seems like seconds. Nowadays, something like a dog-on-dog attack is enough to bring BSL knocking on the county door. And it is not like pit bulls are the only ones attacking other dogs. Unforunatly, they are the only breed that brings up the question "shouldn't those dogs be banned?"
Pit Bulls don't attack more people than other breeds. If you look at bite statistics by breed, pit bulls usually aren't on the list. It is how they hold on when they are attacking people, is why more people are killed or seriously injured in their attacks, and that means more publicity. Does that mean people must now try to breed pit bulls that don't bite and hold. Of course not. That would be impossible or the breed would have to be seriously mixed up before that could happen. The breed wouldn't be the same. So what then. There must be some kind of regulation place on the breed. Oh that horrrible dreaded word. Regulation is what no dog owner want to hear, but sometimes that is the only option. Regulation on breeding, regulation on ownership, I don't know, but something MUST be done. As much as I wish it wasn't true, something must done to get the number of pit bulls being breed down. Something must be done to stop these dogs from getting into the wrong hands. If not, more places will continue to ban pit bulls. If you don't want to change the breed, than you must change the people.