I suppose I should have said "I won't let certain people hold it" I've been tagged more times than I care to count (when I was younger, meaning around 6 or 7, I decided the best way to catch garter snakes was to just let them bite me. ohhh youth, hahaha ) My cousin's have crazy amounts of allergies, so I don't think I'd let them risk it, or let any of the kids in there classes hold it if I brought it in for show and tell when I brought my other snakes (about this; on the permit, you have to pick a reason for wanting to own the permit, and one of these is educational; do you think this would count? Or do you think they'd even look into it?).

Does anyone know how often they turn these types of permit applications down, or has anyone applied before?

Sorry for all the questions, and thanks for all the answers