The thing is Colin, that these politicians believe that a problem exists and that something must be done. They are ignorant of the facts and they haven't done their homework, but, you would gamble the whole python species in an all or nothing one shot vote. You can challenge them to prove the ability of the Burmese Python to migrate out of Florida but that would just be beating a dead horse. They don't need to prove anything. They have the power to institute these laws. They will pass a law. We can only hope to mitigate the damage at this point in my opinion. I respect your idealism, but life has beat much of the idealism out of me and I view compromise as better than defeat. I have used the provided script today in my contacts.