I keep hearing well meaning people talk about how education is the only way to change things. I agree it is important, but education can take many years to have any lasting effect, and I don't think society will just sit around and wait for this to evolve. If education was the only answer, there would be no "drinking driving counter attack", no speed limits, no fire-arms laws, and the list goes on. Education is a long term solution to all kinds of issues, including aggression in dogs and animal abuse, but in the mean time, politicians can and will make laws to protect the public from those who continue to make irresponsible choices. This is not because of AAS, it is the way our society works, and I wish people would stop criticizing AAS for something over which it has no control (the way our society operates), and use their energy to help AAS present solutions and humane laws that may be effective. I say "may" because to date there are no laws that I am aware of that completely ban the keeping of dogs in yards, on chains, in isolation, etc.....Politicians jump on the breed banning bandwagon because it's all they've seen and no "authority" has given them a better solution. And politicians know that education alone will not prevent deaths. If the animal welfare community does not collectively get behind some other concrete solutions, in addition to education and that will have a "now" effect, then breed banning is what we will see. And it will have nothing to do with AAS.