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I mean, there's anecdotes and there's data. For what it's worth almost every single staffy or bull terrier breed I come across is either held tightly by the owner so they can't go for the small fluffy animal, off lead with barely an owner in sight and looking like a menace, or she meets them and I get told its fine cos she's a girl but they attack males.
Despite all the cases of them attacking people including their owners a lot can be very affectionate with people which makes it harder to believe when they rip apart any cats they can get their teeth on. But then that's fighting dogs, they weren't bred for people aggression, just animal aggression.
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I know multiple Pits, they're pretty mellow. All are people friendly, most are dog friendly. If dangerous breeds were classified based on a risk assessment, then a bundle of larger protective breeds (and some smaller ones!) should be in there, GSDs and Malinois in particular. I volunteered for a couple of years at a GSD rescue and a solid proportion of the dogs in there were given up because of issues with people (let alone other dogs.) I don't pet any of those protective breeds without asking the owner (including ACDs!)
If you've seen a Jack Russell catch a rat, or a Greyhound a cat, the idea that Pits are somehow more murderously unstable seems a bit nuts.