Dave and I have said this before, and you've heard it elsewhere too. Socialism takes responsibility away from people, and places it in the hands of government. Hence, the basic premise of socialism, is that people are never to blame. It's always the fault of some extenuating circumstance, ergo, get rid of the circumstance.

This is the reason for such stupid laws.

The case involves another blogger. Gina felt compelled to write about all the new legislation aimed at banning pit bull dogs. She wrote that pit bulls are not the problem, it's the people who treat these dogs improperly:

What I guess I meant to say was that I would prefer to see the banning or severe regulation of cruel PEOPLE over the current witch hunt for dog breeds. I believe breed bans are what in dog-trainer terms is something called "redirected aggression" -- turning on what's nearby and obvious while missing what's really the problem.

I agree with her completely. Being a dog owner, I know that pit bulls can be wonderful dogs, that wouldn't hurt anybody. But many people who buy pit bulls do so because they think these dogs enhance their own public image. They reward their dogs for aggressive behavior, instead of rewarding them for being polite and loving creatures. Other owners mistreat their dogs, treating them like "dogs", instead of members of their family. Dogs give back what they get, it's not rocket-science.

Nonetheless, several cities, counties, and states are considering legislation to ban the sale and ownership of pit bulls. Rather than faulting the owner for having a created a dangerous dog, they fault the dogs. Hence, the people are never to blame, but the objects are.

It's like when they blamed alcohol for turning people into lazy drunkards. It turned out that alcohol wasn't the problem all along, it was the people who made alcohol a problem.

It's time we start faulting bad people. We don't need more laws, we just need to enforce the laws we have.