Links to important articles and reports on Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) in the United States:
Breed-Specific Legislation FAQ
DogsBite.org, a national dog bite victims’ group dedicated to reducing serious dog attacks, releases a Breed-Specific Legislation FAQ on its website. The new in depth FAQ explains what breed-specific legislation (BSL) encompasses, why it primarily involves pit bulls, how cities and counties enforce breed-specific laws and examples of ordinances that produced strong results. The FAQ also dismantles a variety of false myths about BSL.
http://www.dogsbite.org/legislating-dangerous-dogs-bsl-faq.php
How behavior testing fails adopters, dogs, volunteers & shelter staff by Merritt Clifton
http://www.animals24-7.org/2015/09/09/how-behavior-testing-fails-adopters-dogs-volunteers-shelter-staff/
Banning pit bulls saves lives and protects the innocent by Colleen Lynn
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-05-24/news/os-ed-front-burner-pit-bulls-pro-20130523_1_pit-bulls-vicious-dogs-many-dogs
First X, the Y, then Z… The myth that pit bulls pit bulls are simply the latest in a line of maligned, though innocent, victims of bad press
http://sruv-pitbulls.blogspot.ca/2015/07/first-x-then-y-then-z.html
The “nanny dog” myth revealed
http://thetruthaboutpitbulls.blogspot.com/2010/08/nanny-dog-myth-revealed.html
The Pit Bull Lobby Machine
Animal Farm Foundation and the National Canine Research Council
https://daxtonsfather.wordpress.com/2014/08/16/the-pit-bull-lobby-jane-berkey-animal-farm-foundation-karen-delise-the-national-canine-research-council-indeterminate-breeds/
Arguments for and against breed specific laws from a legal perspective
http://dogbitelaw.com/breed-specific-laws/arguments-for-and-against-breed-specific-laws
Opinion: There is no need for pit bulls
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/contributors/2014/06/29/doctor-says-ban-pit-bulls/11709481/
A review of Denver, Colardo’s pit bull ban ordinance
http://dogbitelaw.com/images/pdf/pitbull_Denver.pdf
Legislating Pit Bull Bans Dogsbite.org
Describes pit bull bans in Denver, Colorado; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Little Rock, Arkansas; Fayetteville, Tennessee, and mandatory sterilization of pit bulls in San Francisco, California
http://www.dogsbite.org/legislating-dangerous-dogs.php
Cities with Successful Pit Bull Bans
http://blog.dogsbite.org/2010/06/cities-with-successful-pit-bull-laws.html