Train and socialize your dog to accept other dogs and humans who are in his territory. Support reasonable, enforceable legislation and community education efforts to reduce dog bites and to spay and neuter dogs. Be a role model - adopt or foster a pit bull or pit mix and train that dog to be a well socialized canine citizen. Volunteer at your local shelter and educate staff and visitors about dog bite prevention. In order to come up with viable solutions, we must first consider who gets bitten most frequently and under what circumstances.
Children are much more likely to get bitten than adults.
The vast majority of bites are from unneutered males. Unspayed females are more likely to bite than spayed females. This information suggests that a combination of education, spaying and neutering, and enforcement of leash laws would reduce bites. Adults need to prevent dogs from running loose unsupervised, both on and off their property. Dog owners need to train and socialize their dogs to tolerate other dogs and humans in their territory.