I'm sure the powers that be do, or have discussed this, at some time , just as all of you have here. I'm also sure they have lots more information / statistics to hand to help them come to a decision.
I cant see licensing stopping anything, and banning certain types of dogs seems unfair to me. I agree with banning the breeding of dogs for fighting, but that's a separate issue, they aren't pets like most of us have.
How far do they go to 100% guarantee a kid doesn't get attacked or bitten by a dog ? only solution would be to ban all dogs, that would be a shame.
Bikers are licensed, that doesn't stop a kid getting hurt by a zx10r, and I'm sure at some time a kid has been hurt by a bike. If this discussion was on a dog owners forum, about a kid hurt by a biker, I'm sure all the same sort of comments would have been made there, would you agree with some of the above if that was applied to you, as a zx10r owner
? i think not as that would equally be unfair.
May be the answer is to muzzle all dogs and keep them on leads when their out and to restrict all bikes to 100 bhp ! although i doubt that would prevent a kid being hurt by a bike !