Quote Originally Posted by Pythonfriend View Post
nah, drug dealers and smugglers go to prison. but in this case, what i said is, that it would be enough to put him on probation and keep him out of the reptile industry and out of reptile keeping for a few years, instead of putting him into prison for a few years. i dont see how this is harsher than what a drug dealer gets, the equivalent would be: taking away the drugs and the drug money and barring the person from involvement in the drug trade for a few years. which doesnt make sense because dealing drugs is illegal anyway, but you get the idea.
I can't speak for any other states, but thanks to a certain assembly bill, that's pretty much the punishment drug dealers in this state get. I dealt with a drug dealer next door for a year, complete with police raids, and the worst they got was a night in the county jail. Then they skipped court (were already on probation for possession, identity theft, and more) and last I checked had a warrant for their arrest. Good luck finding them. But since our prisons are over crowded, the state government decided it was better to release those criminals (and worse). That pretty much allows them to continue with their illicit activities unhindered.