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Source?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/pit-bull-ban-aggressive-dog-breed-bronwen-dickey

So you are disputing the statistic?
I am. A study on fatalities between 2000-2009 in the journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association found that in over 80 percent of those cases there were four or more significant factors related to the care and control of the dog. These were dogs that had not been socialized; were large and sexually intact; and had no relationship to the person who was killed. In other words, perfect storm of factor upon factor.
On whether pit bulls are a dog fighting breed

About them being a fighting breed

[Laughs] I guess its dueling anecdotes. But, first of all, its not one breed, its four.Theres the American pit bull terrier; the American Staffordshire terrier, which was the American Kennel Club conformation breed that branched off from the American pit bull terrier when folks wanted AKC legitimacy and didnt want to be associated with the American pit bull terrier riff-raff. Theres the Staffordshire bull terrier, which has been a conformation breed since the 1930s; and the newer breed called the American bully, which was derived from the American Staffordshire terrier in the 1990s.

From the ASPCA

It is likely that that the vast majority of pit bull type dogs in our communities today are the result of random breedingtwo dogs being mated without regard to the behavioral traits being passed on to their offspring. The result of random breeding is a population of dogs with a wide range of behavioral predispositions. For this reason it is important to evaluate and treat each dog, no matter its breed, as an individual.

Laws that ban particular breeds of dogs do not achieve these aims and instead create the illusion, but not the reality, of enhanced public safety. Notably, there are no statewide laws that discriminate based on dog breed, and 18 states have taken the proactive step of expressly banning laws that single out particular breeds for disparate legal treatment. Even the White House has weighed in against laws that target specific breeds. In a a statement issued in 2013, President Obama said [w]e dont support breed-specific legislationresearch shows that bans on certain types of dogs are largely ineffective and often a waste of public resources. And the simple fact is that dogs of any breed can become dangerous when theyre intentionally or unintentionally raised to be aggressive.

https://www.aspca.org/about-us/aspca-policy-and-position-statements/position-statement-pit-bulls

Pit Bulls arent more dangerous than any other dog breed. If you dont train or train a dog like shit then it will have behavioral problems.