>>>It's a stupid and undemocratic ban IMO.
>>
>>I thought it was sensible and democratic.
>>Last time I looked we had a democratically elected government and they chose to pass a law banning the ownership of a breed of dog whose sole raison-d'etre was to pick a fight with a couple of tons of beef :-}
>
>Was there a change like "you have to kill all pits xx month after the law is passed" recently
>or is the ban in effect now for more than one dog generation ?

AFAIR, a dog born before 1991 would not be destroyed (unless there was good reason to believe that the dog was dangerous) but must be muzzled and kept on a lead.

Ah - here it is : http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/65/introduction/enacted

>As GB is one of the countries with least weapons on the streets,
>a harsher attitude there is quite in line with *their* context,
>
>I personally believe with most others here that the dogs behaviour
>is heavily dependant on the owner, but there have been enough incidents both
>with special breeds and stupid owners and "harmless" dogs and bad circumstances
>to allow arguing for some control to follow the rules on arms -
>where some types are forbidden as well and a lot of variation between countries exists ;-)