Its not actually that often that I see a "Staffie" when I go about my business. A lot of the dogs people think are Staffs are usually crossed with something else. I remember in the past as others have said, when the GSD was a popular breed as Bullbreeds are now. Its so sad that they have become too popular amongst the wrong type of people. They are born with nothing wrong with them on the whole, its the way they are brought up, sometimes very badly that has made a few of them not good with people. Its the idiots that buy them, usually cheaply from Back Yard Breeders, make them "hard" by abusing them, that give these dogs a bad name. To be honest, with the amount of bad owners in certain areas, I'm surprised that we don't hear of more attacks/bites more often than we are now. Its not surprising with the gang/knife culture that has sprung up over the years. The law in this country is an ass. If nothing is done about these people, its only gonna get worse :'(