I do believe you are somewhat confused here. These are not places that had a ban to begin with, the issue of bans was presented and not approved, there is a difference. And you forgot to mention the cities and counties that do had bans and they are working beautifully such as Council Bluff, Iowa, or Denver, Colorado and I can go from there with many more. Plus bans and regulation has worked so good in some other areas and drastically reduced the attacks that they felt they didn’t need it any more. And I would be glad to share the behavorists that do agree with my side, obviously you have only bothered to check with those behavorists that support your side of the issue. Also I can provide a few major vet colleges that say differently from you as well.
Did you bother to go to the links I provided? If so, then you will have all the information you could possibly need on the subject. The figures you quoted are 14 years old!! And yes, indeed, there have been 84 deaths by pits in the US in the past 4 years. Those are the new figures. I challenge you to produce the fatalities and mauling figures for labradors for the past four years to see if they compare with those of the pit bulls. The pit bull is an American disaster, a dog bred for one thing. And now that is illegal. http://www.DogsBite.org http://www.pitattacksbystate.blogspot.com presents the problems in the US. And every week a new city or county is passing either a ban or regulations for pits. The pit fighters/breeders have money and that buys a lot of ill informed supporters. My question is do you intend to wait until you have the tremendous problems of the US become standard for Britain as well?