I do agree that people should be more responsible, but I think that includes all dogs in general. I’ve seen plenty of dogs who don’t listen to a thing their owners say when they get locked into something, pitbulls included. And there seems to have been a stereotype of your average pit owner being on the more irresponsible side.

This is anectodal, but my guy had a lot of issues with animals in the yard, he killed a few snakes and would damn near try to break out of the window if he saw a rabbit I’m the garden. We did a couple weeks with a dog trainer last year and now he still loses it at the rabbits in the garden, but it only takes one word to get him to stop barking and sit down. He’ll whine at the window for an hour and wants to keep checking but he’s more than under control. When he finds a snake in the yard he’ll bark like crazy but won’t go within 5 feet of it anymore unless it comes to close to one of us, and then still it only takes one word to get him to retreat.

On the flip side my neighbor has a big golden doodle (I think, it’s of those generic family dogs) who is absolutely wonderful, off leash constantly and will always listen to her owner, her recall is phenomenal. Unless she gets locked on something, she hates squirrels and cats, and so far has unfortunately killed at least one squirrel and one of the neighborhood cats. I was out there when she got the cat and even for that sweet well behaved dog who “wpuldnt hurt a fly” there was absolutely no stopping her and when she was done with the cat she went into kill mode looking for something else,. She ended up biting her owner while he tried pin her down and get her in the house. But she’s a good breed, so no one is worried about her.

I think the issues your laying out are valid, but not strictly to pits. If my neighbor had a pit instead of a golden doodle that pit would’ve been taken away and the neighbors would throw a fit. If I had a golden doodle it wouldn’t be worth telling you about.