Oh..btw when I said it paints our hobby in a bad light I meant the inevitable backlash after bites, esp fatal ones. Read this article. It's older, but it was a snake enthusiast that free handled hots. Things like that make the news. See what the neighbors said. And how they felt about it. Next thing you have new laws since the owners are "to irresponsible to keep themselves and others safe". Things like that always have a backlash. A fatality esp. so. There have been other instances like that. And they are always used as ammo to tighten the laws ever more. First it's venemous, then "constrictors" then anything over 4 feet long and finally any snakes. Happening more and more and putting yourself in the limelight doing something dangerous gives the authorities justification (in their eyes) to protect us from ourselves. And our neighbors, etc.
http://articles.latimes.com/1999/dec/17/local/me-44868
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