The Emporia Gazette

Posted on November 16 at 9:08 a.m.

What starts as Breed Specific Legislation quickly escalates to All large Dogs -- I know from personal experience in a municipality that has a no pit bull ordinance. Each municipality that passes these Breed Specific Laws causes more public hysteria...

Today, dog owners have less rights than criminals in America. Where I live what started as Breed Specific Legislation has turned into an unfriendly place for all dog owners. One “bite” – as small as an abrasion or scrape – can cause a dog to be termed “Vicious” in my municipality regardless of the circumstances. One scrape and even a responsible dog owner can lose their insurance and be forced to get rid of their dog. Is that the kind of community you want to live in?

Our country is slowly becoming a Police State.

Any time any law has to be proven to be constitutional - all the way up to the Supreme Court my gut tells me that there's something wrong with it.

More laws are being forced into legislation by lawmakers And they all "sound like a good thing to protect the public interest"

In fact, Americans are giving their freedom away - inch by inch. We are becoming a country of laws - and the police and the courts are our dictators.

Americans may be unaware of what it means to be stripped of the protection of habeas corpus, or they may think police authorities would never make a mistake or ever use their unbridled power against the innocent. Americans might think that the police will only use its powers against bad people...

Dog owners are already responsible for their dog's behavior. Why do we need another law which gives Police more power?
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"One of the greatest delusions in the world
is the HOPE that the evils of this world
are to be cured by legislation"
Thomas B. Reed (1886)

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