Quote Originally Posted by OhhWatALoser View Post
I was going to comment on this, but I really don't have time to right now, so I'll just say the ignorance is amazing.
Given your username and your snarky ad hominem response, I hope you are not calling me ignorant.

Quote Originally Posted by jclaiborne View Post
I'm sorry but to complain about legislation against snakes, but promote legislation against dog breeds is ignorant. The government shouldn't have the right to tell me what pet I can/cannot own as long as I can provide the proper requirements to take care of said animal. Outlawing dog breeds is just like outlawing Burms, you are punishing the animals because of the ignorance of owners.
Why? Because species of harmless snakes are regulated, whereas dangerous dog breeds are not?

FYI I am in favor of regulations and requirements for both big dogs and big snakes. I agree with the sentiment that the government shouldn't have the right to tell you what pets you can and cannot keep-unfortunately there are boatloads of restricted animals such as asian arowanas, freshwater stingrays, piranhas, ferrets, cat hybrids, lions, tigers, etc.

If there are no regulations, ignorant people buy burmese pythons and pitbulls, don't care for them, and they end up harming people and the whole community gets a bad rap. If we have some sort of competency test/license, then hopefully only qualified people will care for these animals.

Outlawing dog breeds is just like outlawing Burms, you are punishing the animals because of the ignorance of owners.
No, you are not punishing animals, you are simply outlawing their being kept as pets. You are punishing good owners because of the ignorance of bad owners.

Let me ask you, do you think there should be laws on keeping tigers? Or Rhinos?