Well you ARE entitled to your opinion. But according to your reasoning, the HR669 proposal was correct,since 90% of animals could live for at least a short period of time outside.

So to prevent any of the other 'exotics' from escaping, the pet trade shoudl cease to exist right now. No birds, because most can survive in south florida and other more warm areas. Since rats can survive nearly everywhere, most of the rodent pets probably could(or fake it good enough to pass the nonscientific tests), cats and dogs definitely out, rabbits definitely out, etc.

Just because burms are kept in the pet trade, doesn't mean that the people resonsibily keeping thier burms are at fault for the everglades burms.

Plus, I'd like to see even one piece of difinitive proof of a burmese in the everglades being a escaped(or loosed) pet. A microchip(required in florida for the past couple years), or even a burn scar from a heat rock or lamp.
Anything?

Because if you will accept the idea that all the burms are escaped pets, without any proof, then I could say my Congressman came to my house and stole my lizard. Proof? I don't need proof. After all, ya'll are passing a law without any proof. Why should I have to have to produce any?

Drunk drivers killed a large number of people yesterday. Do you drive a car? You're at fault. Pony up the money and time in jail. By the way, we're not going to let you drive ever again, because Joe Trash just killed Little Suzie after downing a gallon of booze and running her over. What? He had a car, and a car caused the death. You have a car, so you're at fault too.

Same logic.