Someone asked me why I stopped owning pits. Unfortunately the post was locked, and I couldn't respond so I decided to post what I would have replied here:

Long story short I heard so much pro-pit messaging that I took it at face value, but never became a pit mommy type either. I adopted my pit as an adult from the shelter, and she was a wonderful dog. Never had any issues with our other cats and dogs.

I probably would have got another if two people I knew hadn't had incidents with their pits. Thankfully nobody was maimed or killed, but what happened was still shocking. The issue was they hadn't done anything all that different from me. We were all loving dog owners who trained them properly and exercised them regularly.

So I started really looking into pit bulls. The amount of incidents involving pits and pit mixes that were also loved and well trained is disturbing. There are plenty of pits who are loving and never have any issues, but there are also way too many that have aggression episodes out of nowhere. Unless we magically find out a way to figure out which pits will do this then I think it's irresponsible to own them.

Then there's the behavior of the pit lobby. I get how owning a pit that never had any issues can make you protective of the breed (I was one of these people), but I think the way pit enthusiasts act when there are incidents, communicate with victims, and browbeat professional organizations like the AVMA into acquiescence is at best tone deaf and at worst inexcusable.

I really hate what has been done to these dogs because there are aspects to the average pit personality that are wonderful. Unfortunately that's also tied into the dangerous aspects of this breed.

Edit: sorry for the delay in getting back to everyone who asked a question. I do snow removal part time, and it has been very busy for me lately. Thanks for your patience!