i've been following along here, and i think an important piece of information may be missing. the statistics that are often quoted are compiled by emergency rooms. so, if the bite victim isn't injured seriously enough to justify an ER visit, it doesn't get figured in to the overall stats. so, smaller dogs, that are less physically able to do serious damage, don't appear to be involved in as many attacks according to the statistics reported. my point is, these "aggressive" breeds appear to be involved in an inordinate number of attack simply because they are capable of doing more damage. some of the most aggressive, and unpredictable dogs i've ever seen have been "toy" breeds or lap dogs. on another note, i always find it interesting how whenever the news reports a bog bite, they always show some stock footage of some pit bull in a pound, even when the report says it was another type of dog. pits definatly get a bad rap, but they're also definatly dangerous in the wrong hands, but then so is a car, or a knife, or a tree branch. unfotunatly there just isn't a way for us to legislate away stupidity, but that probably won't stop the politicians from trying!