Thanks for posting the article. As Freaky said there will always be risks with pet ownership. Notice i said pet ownership. Although reptiles will never be given the same consideration as societies accepted pet animal list...cats/dogs I can give you a list of experiences with dogs that would offset that story. Since living where I do know my 6 year son and wife have been pinned up against our garage 3 times with one of our neighbor down the streets 3 pitbulls. He was at their heels in attack position growling and barking. My son sat on our lab/short hair mix once and got a startle nip above the eye. I have 10 stitches from my split lip from a dog at age of 6.
I could go on and on but I doubt society will ever be able to put perspective on the fact that we accept dog attacks and people deaths annually as a norm but reptile issues are unacceptable.

Please notice I did not say pitpul breeds should be banned forever etc...the issue as I see it lies with the owner a majority of the time, not the animal, along with me getting bit being my stupidity lol.