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		<title>Webb City, Missouri to Consider Breed-Specific Ordinance Tonight!</title>
		<link>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/05/23/webb-city-missouri-to-consider-breed-specific-ordinance-tonight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 10:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA["Pit Bull" Hysteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breed-Specific Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutional Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BSL]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pit bull is not a breed]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Webb City Missouri]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Update: Given that Joplin, Missouri was devastated by a horrific tornado over the weekend and that Joplin neighbors Webb City, it is doubtful that Webb City will be having a council meeting tonight as scheduled.  The breed-specific ordinance will, of course, still be under consideration so please keep vigilant.  Our ongoing prayers go out to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manton, Michigan to Consider Breed-Specific Ordinance for &#8220;Pit Bulls&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/04/14/manton-michigan-to-consider-breed-specific-ordinance-for-pit-bulls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/04/14/manton-michigan-to-consider-breed-specific-ordinance-for-pit-bulls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA["Pit Bull" Hysteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breed-Specific Legislation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[breed specific legislation unconstitutional]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BSL unconstitutional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manton Michigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pit bull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pit bull is not a breed]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nopitbullbans.com/?p=3173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: If a resident&#8217;s dog was attacked by a &#8220;pit bull&#8221; (though &#8220;pit bull&#8221; is not a breed) then the issue is a free-roaming or uncontained dog problem, not a breed problem since the same scenario is possible with any breed of dog.  Please contact the Manton City Commission here and politely inform them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xenia, Ohio to Consider Breed-Specific Ordinance Tonight!</title>
		<link>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/04/14/xenia-ohio-to-consider-breed-specific-ordinance-tonight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/04/14/xenia-ohio-to-consider-breed-specific-ordinance-tonight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA["Pit Bull" Hysteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breed-Specific Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutional Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BSL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BSL unconstitutional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pit bull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xenia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xenia Ohio]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: Once again a city points a finger at breed (though &#8220;pit bull&#8221; is not a breed) instead of identifying the real threat: free-roaming dogs.  Please contact the Xenia City Council as soon as possible and politely inform them that breed-specific legislation (BSL) is ineffective, unenforceable, and unconstitutional. (For those writing letters, consider that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kirksville, Missouri Passes Breed-Specific Legislation Much to the Chagrin of Reasonable, Thinking People</title>
		<link>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/03/25/kirksville-missouri-passes-breed-specific-legislation-much-to-the-chagrin-of-reasonable-thinking-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/03/25/kirksville-missouri-passes-breed-specific-legislation-much-to-the-chagrin-of-reasonable-thinking-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA["Pit Bull" Hysteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breed-Specific Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutional Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AKC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Kennel Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brad Selby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BSL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city codes and planning director Brad Selby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNA testing for dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Lehr Brisbin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirksville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirksville City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirksville Missouri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirksville MO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor Todd Kuhns]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nopitbullbans.com/?p=3108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: While our thanks go to Mayor Kuhns for voting against BSL, the rest of the Council appears to have been hellbent on ignoring the overwhelming evidence of the inefficacy of breed-specific legislation, instead subscribing to the long-debunked urban myths, skewed statistics, and junk science of the opposition.  Kirksville itself defines the &#8220;pit bull&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seward County, Kansas May Consider Repeal of 20-Year Old &#8220;Pit Bull&#8221; Ban</title>
		<link>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/03/25/seward-county-kansas-may-consider-repeal-of-20-year-old-pit-bull-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/03/25/seward-county-kansas-may-consider-repeal-of-20-year-old-pit-bull-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA["Pit Bull" Hysteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breed-Specific Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutional Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BSL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BSL unconstitutional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commissioner Ada J Linenbroker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commissioner C.J. Wettstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commissioner Doug LaFreniere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commissioner Jim Rice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Diepenbrock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerald Valentine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grandfather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seward County Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seward County Kansas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheriff Bill McBryde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stacia Long]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nopitbullbans.com/?p=3079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: It is unfortunate that there is so much disinformation out there.  City councils and city attorneys are repeatedly misinformed by those with an agenda about the supposed effectiveness and constitutionality of breed-specific legislation (BSL).  The constant stream of repealed BSL nationally and internationally of late illustrates the ineffectiveness of BSL, and when a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elkader, Iowa May Consider Breed Restrictions</title>
		<link>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/03/25/elkader-iowa-may-consider-breed-restrictions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/03/25/elkader-iowa-may-consider-breed-restrictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA["Pit Bull" Hysteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breed-Specific Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutional Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breed specific legislation unconstitutional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BSL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councilman Darryl Koehn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Tom Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elkader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elkader City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elkader Iowa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iowa Veterinary Medical Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mandatory Spay/Neuter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[microchipping]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nopitbullbans.com/?p=3066</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: The Hopkinton incident illustrates the danger, not of a specific breed, but of dogs that are constantly penned, unsocialized, and abused.  If Elkader seeks to be proactive, they should do what Hopkinton didn&#8217;t: respond in a timely manner to calls from citizens about possible animal abuse.  Folks want to point a finger at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beatrice, Nebraska Considering Breed-Specific Ordinance for &#8220;Pit Bulls&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/03/25/beatrice-nebraska-considering-breed-specific-ordinance-for-pit-bulls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/03/25/beatrice-nebraska-considering-breed-specific-ordinance-for-pit-bulls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA["Pit Bull" Hysteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breed-Specific Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutional Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beatrice City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beatrice Nebraska]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breed specific legislation is unconstitutional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BSL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councilman Calvin Carey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councilman Jason Moore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNA testing for dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gina Grone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pit bull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pit bull is not a breed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tobias Tempelmeyer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nopitbullbans.com/?p=3054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: A breed-specific ordinance, whether an outright ban or breed-specific restrictions like Beatrice is considering, is still ineffective, unenforceable, and unconstitutional.  And while DNA tests (which are not at all as reliable as the public has been made to believe and certainly not enough to withstand a legal challenge) have been proposed as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma State Supreme Court overturns Midwest City, Oklahoma&#8217;s &#8220;Pit Bull&#8221; ban</title>
		<link>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/03/10/oklahoma-state-supreme-court-overturns-midwest-city-oklahomas-pit-bull-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/03/10/oklahoma-state-supreme-court-overturns-midwest-city-oklahomas-pit-bull-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA["Pit Bull" Hysteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breed-Specific Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutional Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breed specific legislation unconstitutional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BSL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bull Terrier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Stuckey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katherine Bolles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Midwest City Oklahoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Adams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nopitbullbans.com/?p=2950</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: See?  Municipalities who pass these breed-specific ordinances have no idea how to enforce them because &#8220;pit bull&#8221; is not a breed and so &#8220;pit bulls&#8221; become whatever arbitrary designation the ordinance wants them to be.  Used to be they defined &#8220;pit bulls&#8221; as American Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, and Staffordshire Bull [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FOID Card Lunacy</title>
		<link>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/03/09/foid-card-lunacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/03/09/foid-card-lunacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2nd Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutional Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2nd amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attorney General Lisa Madigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firearm Owner's Identification Information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FOIA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinoispolicy.org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPFO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lee Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Madigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nanny state]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second amendment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nopitbullbans.com/?p=2933</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: The following article was written by Illinoisan Lee Williams, originally posted on Illinoispolicy.org and is currently posted on the Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership website. I have excerpted parts of the article below because first and foremost we deal with constitutional rights on this blog, and secondly because Illinois, as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hopkinton, Iowa to consider additional BSL after Rottweiler mauling</title>
		<link>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/03/07/hopkinton-iowa-to-consider-additional-bsl-after-rottweiler-mauling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopitbullbans.com/2011/03/07/hopkinton-iowa-to-consider-additional-bsl-after-rottweiler-mauling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breed-Specific Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutional Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BSL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delaware County Sheriff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dubuque Regional Humane Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hopkinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hopkinton City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hopkinton Iowa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iowa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pete Murphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rottweilers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanessa Husmann]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nopitbullbans.com/?p=2904</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: Fatal dog maulings almost always have mitigating factors &#8212; like the dog being sick, unaltered, abused, unsocialized, or some combination of these &#8212; that the media seldom takes into consideration.  What we know for sure is that dog-bite related fatalities are not a breed problem.  Any dog of any breed if left unsocialized [...]]]></description>
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