Ban on pet primates

[wolfy-hound]

Well, does that mean we shouldn't have any laws at all?
Let's let people own elephants if they want to! The fact is that some animals are overly dangerous for the average person to own. Why not regulate who can own them, by proving they know what they are doing to keep them?
If you are going to use a argument that people will keep them anyway, whether they are legal or not, then abolish speed limits, and laws against everything from jaywalking to murder. Laws don't prevent crime, but laws give you a way to punish those that act like idiots.
Most folks that keep dangerous animals DO keep them responisbly. But if you could just go buy a chimp at the local pet store, we'd see way more chimp attacks on people. Yes, there are more dog attacks on people than primate attacks. Yes, more people are killed by cars than by chimps. Does that mean we should subject chimps and monkeys to tiny cramped cages and have their teeth pulled and let everyone lock them into dank garages and basements, however they want?
I don't want my redneck neighbor to be able to own a elephant or a baboon. I want to know they at least had to go through a process of acquiring a license to own it first. I'm all for RESPONSIBLE ownership.. but unfortunately that involves people being responsible, which normally they are not.
Just my opinion, but I also don't want my redneck neighbor to own a ground to ground missile either. Too many morons, not enough time to bury all the bodies.