People make my head hurt...

[Kinra]

....no its not. You're saying a 20 foot female Burmese isn't @ danger? How is it more or less of a danger then a lion... wegher you like it or not.. we CAN NOT continue to throw large mammal owners and hot owners under the bus.. whether you like them or not we're all in the same.

I you're not, I still stand by what I said, but I apologize to you. I know your intentions are noble, but to look at a BP owner and say you can not own this animal is to look at a RTB owner PR a Burmese owner and say the same... they're all exotic person which we WANT to own... all pets have risk of death, even cats and dogs. It shouldn't be up to our government to decide which pet we may die by if We own...

I'm sorry but I live in a 2 bedroom apartment that is directly connected to the other 24 apartments in my building via a communal hall way and stair way. I would NEVER say some can't own these, but a responsible owner should know that my apartment is NOT a responsible place to keep these. If my 4ft ball python gets out and leaves my apartment the worst that could happen is someone gets bit and bleeds a little, maybe it kills their pet rat. If I had a venomous snake in my apartment that got out it could easily kill someone therefore becoming a public safety risk. If a 20ft burm manages to escape from a cage and then get out of my apartment then my apartment complex has some serious structural issues it needs to fix. A two bedroom apartment is not the place for a lion either.

I never said I would throw them under the bus, in fact I said I would be at every meeting to support the right people have to own these. I highly support permitting systems and don't think apartment complexes are a good place for people to own hots or large mammals. They then because the public safety risk that we keep trying to claim they aren't. If you rent or own a house that is not directly connected to anyone else then I really don't care what you own and I will defend your right to own it (though I still don't think a city is the best place for a lion). We can't preach responsible ownership and then say that an apartment complex is a great place for hot owners or people with lions, they contradict each other.