My heart soooo goes out to Pit Bulls. I love the breed. They are beautiful dogs and when they are loved and trained and taken care of they can make wonderful pets. It breaks my heart to hear about what people do to them.
Any dog can be a danger. My 15 year old son was walking our big dog (she is a stray we rescued 9 years ago, mixed breed of possibly chow, shepherd, husky??) and a neighbor had their Rottweiler in their front yard with no leash. So the dog runs towards our Sandy aggressively. It upset my son so much. Sandy is not fond of other dogs and snapped/bit the huge Rottweiler (no skin broken, thank God!). My son pulled Sandy away (not an easy thing to do!) and the Rottweiler owner grabbed his dog. The owner was extremely apologetic and said he'd never let that happen again. So scary. My son said he was proud of Sandy for being brave. Not a good situation at all though. Could have been so much worse.
My point is that owners need to be responsible, no matter what breed it is. I don't like all the bullying done to Pit Bulls.