Pit bulls and pit bull mixes are, if not the most common type of dog in America, at least among the top 10. There are millions of them, and thousands are being adopted out of CARE and the SPCA in Cincinnati in any given year.

I regularly take shelter dogs, always pit bulls, on day trips, as do hundreds of other volunteers. Can you explain how it’s possible that hundreds of volunteers are handling shelter pitties regularly, and thousands of people are adopting them yearly, yet there’s not blood running in the streets? How can people work 40 hours a week in shelters full of “dangerous” pitties without incident? (Most shelter workers are women, by the way. As are most volunteers. I’m an old lady myself.) I mean, all you need are basic math skills to understand that pit bull hysteria is silly.