While it is true that pit bulls have a violent pasttheir ancestors ... the Staffordshire bull terrier and the American pit ...

American Staffordshire terriers are basically the same as the American pit bull terrier, or pit bull, except that AmStaffs ...

which is defined as any dog that is an American pit bull terrier, a Staffordshire terrier, or American Staffordshire terrier, and any dog of mixed breeding that has the primary characteristics of ...