Originally Posted by PR_Glen

The main difference is that pitbulls have been bred for generations to be fighting dogs, mean and viscous where any akc breed has been breeding dogs that fit high temperament standards for that same length of time if not longer. So you can have a good and responsible owner who just happens to own a dog with violent tendencies hard wired and it would be only a matter of time and situation it would be in a dangerous situation, or at least a much higher chance of it.

great danes, wolfhounds, akitas, bull mastiffs.. all GIGANTIC dogs, strong dogs, even fast dogs yet because they have been bred for over 100 years being easy going teddy bears (around people at least) that they are far far less likely to attack like that.

If pitbull owners took some more responsibility and ONLY bred to other dogs that had exceptional temperaments then they would slowly become just as safe to be around, but that has yet to happen, and asshole owners like the one mentioned don't help the cause.