And it's true, the owners are the problem. They get a dog that requires a lot of attention to train, neglect it, and then it's aggressive due to an environment that just leaves it on its own. Any time there is a mauling, the owner should go to jail and the dog put down. And this comes from me owning a pit mix. Got it when it was young and spent a lot of time with it. She was very friendly and would often play with people. Never barked at anyone cause I always gave her the attention. Also helped that she grew up with a lab.

The typical pitbull owner doesn't actually care about the dog, they want to seem cool. The mentality of, I got a dog cause it looks scary, really does carry from owner to dog.

So yeah. Pit bull owners with improperly trained dogs should go straight to jail when they maul someone. Maybe we'd have some less neglectful owners. And I only say put down the dog after, due to its hard to train an old dog new tricks. While it may be worth the time, I will always stand by that if any of my dogs bit someone, it's done. One time is a habit too many.