So Kansas City has jumped on the euthanizing pit bulls bandwaggon.

Apparently, the city has instituted an “amnesty period,” during which well-intentioned owners can turn their pups over for killing without a fine.

Let’s put up two hypothetical put bull owners.

Owner A is a family who had the misfortune of picking a pit bull from the pet store, breeder, or pound. They’ve raised the dog as a pet, and it lives in a happy, loving home. It’s harmless.

Owner B is a drug dealer who bought a pit bull to protect his supply. He has trained the dog to attack. The dog, obviously, is dangerous.

Now ask yourself, which dog owner is more likely to care enough about following the law to take advantage of the amnesty? Which dog is more likely to be turned over and euthanized? How many harmless dogs will be taken from their families and killed, then, because of this stupid policy? How many truly harmful dogs trained to protect illegal endeavors will be?

Basically, Kansas City has created a scenario where all of the harmless pit bulls around town will be destroyed.

The more pertinent question: Do public officials actually stop to think before passing such moronic laws?

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 16th, 2006 at 9:50 pm by Radley Balko and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.