Breed Specifc Legislation Overview:

The BSL affects dogs based on the dogs appearance only, not behavior and has nothing to do with the animals temperament. The alleged purpose of BSL is to increase and promote public safety, but it fails do that because it completely overlooks temperament and how the animal acts and behaves toward other dogs and people.
Breed-specific legislation (BSL) comes in many different forms and have different stipulations, from extra insurance policies and special licenses, to outright bans of particular breeds and it generally targets a small set of dog breeds, like pit bulls. It attempts to curb dog bites and dog attacks by enforcing policies focused specifically on those breeds and it more so then ever in the technical and moral sense becomes a complete failure.
Its disturbing that BSL continues to spread even after studies and statistics have proven all its flaws and misunderstandings. BSL is expensive to implement and enforce. Being able to determine a dog's breed or mix is extremely difficult, they often result in mistaken identities and lawsuits, especially in cases involving pit bulls because their is such a wide variety of dogs that have typical "pit bull type" characteristics. BSL does not stop dog attacks or bites and it increases the financial burden on taxpayers, animal shelters, and animal control agencies. It doesn't stop irresponsible owners and doesn't educate them or anyone about proper dog care. Responsible owners and good dogs are the ones that suffer from these laws. Good dogs get confined to their homes, unable to aquire valuable social skills and training or they are taken away and killed. Law-abiding owners are the ones who end up having to pay for special licenses or highly controlled fences, and they are the ones who get their hearts broken when their innocent and harmless dogs are deemed "dangerous" and "threatening" and get euthanized.