Serious question . Aside from the ' breed or deed ' debate . what is it about pitbull owners that are , at least IME , insistent that their dog would never bite and that any precautions against harm are unreasonable ? It ' s uncanny how common it is with people that own that breed , moreso than nearly any other type of dog owner that I ' ve encountered . They also seem to insist that you not be scared of their dog I ' m scared of most dogs and deny that any pitbull ever can could do harm . <| sep |> They teach history for a reason . Hopefully we ' re all overblowing this , and it ' s nowhere near as sinister as we think it is . But remember this the last time we burned their cities and their families from the sky to destroy these people , and we celebrate that violence to this day . If the worst is true , these are not people with whom compromise is possible . My great uncle Royal Navy ' 39 ' 45 , over dinner tonight summed it up nicely the cure for this was a . 303 , and he ' s not convinced anything has changed but the calibre .