I'm not one of those alarmists that automatically equates pit bulls (or any other breed for that matter) with "dangerous dogs". I've had friends that owned pit bulls and they were wonderful, gentle pets. Unfortunately, lately there are a lot of ghetto pit bulls around here that are untrained, unloved, and unsupervised. They are bred (and inbred) by people who don't know diddley about dogs and bought by people that want them only as a status symbol. I am a dog owner myself and my dogs are well behaved and controlled. I wish I could say the same for other dogs in the area. It's sad sometimes.