You cannot compare guns with dogs...a gun won't fire itself, but even the most carefully socialized animal is not 100% predictable.

We have a neutered 70lb boxer who is most serene and loving animal, and who is great around my 2 yr old niece, but the two of them will never be together unless I am right there with one hand on my dog's throat feeling for a growl or a tensing of the muscles. A dog, be it a Rott or a MinPin, can snap or bite with no warning...they do not have the same self-restraint and ability to reason as humans. And dogs are lightning quick...ever tried to do a play by play on a dogfight? Children should never be left alone with a dog that can hurt them, because dogs, on their own free will, can attack. And thus they can be blamed.

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