Amy,
In my opinion, once the government, whether be federal, state, or local, gets involved in dog legislation, there will be from mild to gross misinterprations and errors in the enacting and enforcing of those laws. I am frightened about the threat of the government regulating dog breeds. Look at what happened in the United Kingdom (Great Britain), Singapore, Germany, Holland, Denmark, France, etc.
Those are typical examples of politicians wrongly interpreting an issue, because of that many breed fanciers and dog owners got terribly hurt.
Most dog laws are senseless and draconian, and are based mostly on ignorance about canine behavior! See, if the same politician you talked to, had been bitten by a Standard Poodle, would that warrant to propose the banning of that breed?!... Absolutely no! Food for thought
