AITA posted on my neighborhood group anonymously about a recent dog attack a few miles away. Am i being self-righteous or a dick?

So there was a recent dog attack a few countys away. A poor seven year old was killed by one (or two) pitt bulls. Shit owners terrible. fucking hearbeaking. Ive noticed some dogs off leash myself, in my own neighborhood, one a pitbull and posted about it anonymously on the neighborhood facebook page . I reminded them of the law, what happened. I said it could happen to all breeds, but i did mention pit mixes. The majority of posts were agreeable but said not to blame pit bulls, it's the owner, pitbull owners kill people not pitbulls etc etc. i expected this, but the responses felt tone deaf anyway. They said:

"I agree but can we stop with the pit bull nonsense? Any dog breed can be violent without proper training and socialization. It used to be Rottweilers, then it was boxers, then German shepherds, then Dobermans and now pit bulls. Not to mention pit bull is a term that covers multiple different specific breeds. It's time to start blaming the human instead of the animal."

"Agreed all pets should be on a leash. Putting all the blame on just one breed is not fair though. It's not the dog's fault, it's the owner's.

I said verbatim:

"Maybe try to be a little less defensive about the breed and read the incredibly heart breaking facts of what happened to the poor child. It shouldn't be offensive to say pitts can do more harm than others. That shouldn't be what you're offended by."

My partner kinda called me out for claiming defensiveness and that it won't get them to see my side and i'm intentionally trying to tick them off.

I've reached rhese conclusions:

  • im a loser who needs to stay off facebook
  • i was being self-righteous

  • it is a tragedy what happened and it sucks that people's priorities are to defend a breed of dogs, rather than look at the situation that they are more dangerous and have the highest human fatality rate. Even if im being self-righteous

  • i have kids who play outside in my neighborhood and it's okay to advocate for the safety of everyone and calling someone defensive is a fair move.

  • i gotta acknowledge that im now defensive about this myself and why the fuck do i have a brain.

Am i feigning empathy for this tragedy and should show more grace to my neighbor and pitts?

  • was my comment that assholey?

THANK YOU.