Quote Originally Posted by Denial View Post
I understand where your coming from and do agree it "could" happen but if done right the chances are very slim. And the whole law thing I believe you should be 18 and show some type of knowledge and caging for the animal but other then that nothing should stop the private keeping of venomous snakes. Its easy for someone who has not kept these animals to imagine the dangers that come with them. And yes they are somewhat different then other snakes they can possibly kill you but when kept right theres really not that much of a difference. This is one reason the WHOLE exotic industry is so screwed with all these laws. Because we bicker inside the industry with what everyone else keeps. We cant get along enough with each other about what we want to keep so how the heck can we fight a government on what we can and can not keep? We have small snake keepers who could care less about big snake keepers and we have big snake keepers that could care less about venomous keepers. When in reality we should all care for everyone and try to make "reasonable" regulations preferably written by someone who has an idea of what they are talking about. Instead of out right bans that we have been getting.
You basically hit everything I meant. I wasn't trying to say we shouldn't own them and yes I apologize. I should have worded my reply better. What I was leaning more towards was when kids or adult go out and by like a diamond back just Because it looks cool, then lets say something happens to them. The Reptile community gets blamed as whole and not one keeper who was not responsible. I apologize for my wording, I really do. And you also added more on to What I said. I seem to like to talk about Burmese a lot... but in Florida it's the same thing, with all the restrictions on large snakes Because of a few owners. (Please don't start a argument here about this...) and yes, I agree again, unless we all ban together and fight for our rights not alone, but as a community we have little to no chance to stop all the bans we receive. Again, I apologize. And I hope I don't start a fight for my mis-wording, all I was trying to say was it could happen.