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In reply to the discussion: Surrounded by 8 pit pulls today, I barely escaped with my life [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)their original insecure a$$hole owners who are anti-social trash? I mean, who do these dogs need rescuing from?
I dislike the term trash
but there does seem to me a certain amount of truth in that pitbulls are used as home-defense for poor people in rough neighborhoods.
If you live in a poor neighborhood with lots of crime, how are you gonna protect your home and valuables? With an alarm system? Hell to the no, That would just bring the cops who would discover your drugs and otherwise cannot be trusted to care much about the poor anyway. So you need a dog, But not just any dog, You need a dog that is big enough and tough enough to be intimidating. And you need to train him to be tough and aggressive. Because he is not a pet, or not just a pet. He's a home defense weapon.
I don't really begrudge people a desire to keep themselves and their belongings safe, but unfortunately it just seems to add another layer of violence to such neighborhoods.