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Many breeds have the potential to kill, my bloody great labs certainly could and my cockers would do considerable damage. There seems to be some confusion between dangerous owners, who are dangerous for reasons of their own attitude or incompetence and dogs which are inherently dangerous. A lot of the bad press bull breeds get is down to bad ownership, some of the nicest dogs I have met are allegedly sharks on a leash. I am sure I have said before that the nastiest dog I have ever seen was a Yorkie called Cleo (complete with bow) which would have maimed thousands if equipped with larger jaws.
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As far as I'm aware the American Kennel Club doesn't recognise a specific breed breed American Pit Bull and it's a term used for a few very simar breeds including the American Staffy. Wikipedia seems to agree with me too.
You may not care for grouping of similar dogs but equally I'm not interested in trying to specify out one type of dog bred for fighting from another very similar one especially when there's been so much mixed breeding. You know what I mean by pit bull type, a small pure breed English staffy looks slightly different but when they get bigger and leaner it doesn't matter the exact genetics, they're essentially a pit bull. American bulldog, American bully, American XL, whatever, they're all from the same root and all have the same potential to kill.