I will say that you have never seen the pit bull that my uncle raised to hunt pigs.  That thing was nasty.  As a little puppy, it was cool and I played with it.  After it grew up it was huge.

Remember that one does not need to fear for death to use deadly force. 

Any breed can be potentially dangerous. 9 times out of 10 aggressive behavior in a dog is due to abuse, maltreatment, or general ignorance of the owner. Train your dogs, acclimate them to be around people, other dogs, etc. When I lived on the mainland me and my dad took our dog everywhere, he even chilled in the truck while we were at the range.

Also don't get a high energy or working breed if you can't give the dog the time of day to expend said energy. Too many people do so and then complain when the pent up energy results in behavioral problems.

Let me rephrase the question. What dog breeds have a reputation or tendency towards being dangerous or aggressive toward humans? I'm asking because I always hear people saying pitbull, but pitbulls have never seemed to be near the top of the list to me, based on all the large and vicious dogs I have seen during my lifetime which were not pit bulls, but I'm not sure what breed they were.

Studies indicate that pit bull-type dogs were involved in approximately a third of human DBRF (i.e., dog bite related fatalities) reported during the 12-year period from 1981 through1992, and Rottweilers were responsible for about half of human DBRF reported during the 4 years from 1993 through 1996....[T]he data indicate that Rottweilers and pit bull-type dogs accounted for 67% of human DBRF in the United States between 1997 and 1998. It is extremely unlikely that they accounted for anywhere near 60% of dogs in the United States during that same period and, thus, there appears to be a breed-specific problem with fatalities."

Not sure about others on here, but my pistol is always within reach

Don't assume.... My parents raised and bred red nose pit bulls for money. One thing I learned is its not the dog, its the owner and their training/ treatment of the dog that matters.

Last I checked, you need to believe that you were faced with deadly force to justify using deadly force in self defense. I would love to see you explain to the judge and jury that you didn't fear death and you wasnt really sure that you were going to die, but you used deadly force "just in case". Haha. Can you say "I'm bubba bitch" for the next 10-20 years.

§703-304  Use of force in self-protection.  (1)  Subject to the provisions of this section and of section 703-308, the use of force upon or toward another person is justifiable when the actor believes that such force is immediately necessary for the purpose of protecting himself against the use of unlawful force by the other person on the present occasion.

     (2)  The use of deadly force is justifiable under this section if the actor believes that deadly force is necessary to protect himself against death, serious bodily injury, kidnapping, rape, or forcible sodomy.

     (3)  Except as otherwise provided in subsections (4) and (5) of this section, a person employing protective force may estimate the necessity thereof under the circumstances as he believes them to be when the force is used without retreating, surrendering possession, doing any other act which he has no legal duty to do, or abstaining from any lawful action.

     (4)  The use of force is not justifiable under this section:

    (a)   To resist an arrest which the actor knows is being made by a law enforcement officer, although the arrest is unlawful; or

    (b)   To resist force used by the occupier or possessor of property or by another person on his behalf, where the actor knows that the person using the force is doing so under a claim of right to protect the property, except that this limitation shall not apply if:

         (i)  The actor is a public officer acting in the performance of his duties or a person lawfully assisting him therein or a person making or assisting in a lawful arrest; or

        (ii)  The actor believes that such force is necessary to protect himself against death or serious bodily injury.

     (5)  The use of deadly force is not justifiable under this section if:

    (a)   The actor, with the intent of causing death or serious bodily injury, provoked the use of force against himself in the same encounter; or

    (b)   The actor knows that he can avoid the necessity of using such force with complete safety by retreating or by surrendering possession of a thing to a person asserting a claim of right thereto or by complying with a demand that he abstain from any action which he has no duty to take, except that:

         (i)  The actor is not obliged to retreat from his dwelling or place of work, unless he was the initial aggressor or is assailed in his place of work by another person whose place of work the actor knows it to be; and

        (ii)  A public officer justified in using force in the performance of his duties, or a person justified in using force in his assistance or a person justified in using force in making an arrest or preventing an escape, is not obliged to desist from efforts to perform his duty, effect the arrest, or prevent the escape because of resistance or threatened resistance by or on behalf of the person against whom the action is directed.

     (6)  The justification afforded by this section extends to the use of confinement as protective force only if the actor takes all reasonable measures to terminate the confinement as soon as he knows that he safely can, unless the person confined has been arrested on a charge of crime. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; ree L 1975, c 163, §3; am L 2001, c 91, §4]

Quick question. Wouldn't it be quicker and more accessable to grab a knife from the kitchen or blunt object like a shovel or rake... shoot a hammer in the garage than run in the house open your safe to grab your gun? Just saying

Negative............fear of maiming is also justification in addition to rape/sodomy/kidnapping.  It does not have to be death.

I thought we were talking about dogs? I guess if you can't stop a dog from kidnapping or sodomizing you then you are justified in using deadly force. You can believe that it is your right to do something up to the point when the judge hands your sentence to you.

Last I checked, dogs don't carry knifes or guns... But I guess in your world anything is possible.

Last I checked, dogs don't carry knifes or guns... But I guess in your world anything is possible.