With the way the media has been portraying "pit bulls" and the almost 100% negative image they are getting these numbers do not surprise me at all. So many people I know see Jackson's temperment as the exception to pit bulls not the standard. If dateline or 20/20 or one of those other useless one sided news shows had one story about a pit bull that works as a therapy dog, or that saved it's family's life I bet we would see a huge surge in the "no" category.
What really gets me is a neighbor who has some sort of APBT mix. I do not know any of the history of this dog, but from what I have seen it is dog aggressive, and a little human aggressive. Now why you would keep this dog in a subdivision filled with kids is beyond me. They don't even have a fence, and I really hope they don't consider a cable tie enough to restrain the dog...
When people like this put poentially dangerous dogs in situations where they can do damage is why they are even considering a ban. I plan to rescue a few APBT mixs in my time, but never would I allow a dog that shows such aggression even the most remote chance to do damage.