As much as I have enjoyed the pitbulls I've met and that made friends with my own dogs, I can't deny the overwhelming statistics that most fatal dog attacks are in fact carried out by pitbulls.
The statistics are made murky by the fact that people looking for aggression in their dogs or that have aggression issues themselves are (from my own experience) likely to pick out this breed. The owner definitely plays a role given that my older dog has been attacked multiple times in dog parks, but never from pitbull.
I still maintain that bad/inexperienced dog owners are mostly to blame, but there are some breeds that are more aggressive and violent than others, and pitbulls tend to fall towards the extreme end of that distribution. It's basically a problem that compounds itself
