Quote Originally Posted by Von Milash View Post
ok, ok some valid pints. if you're well trained and have taken all the precautions, great. I can only hope that people out there are both responsible and sensible enough to not let an animal like this, ie deadly, get into the hands of a novice. as well, if you're in a rural area, even better. i guess as i see it, my bigger concern was endangering people in suburban settings. as you're surely very well aware, it only takes one little fuck up, then the handler is dead, the snake is out and some little kid is in trouble for playing in the park.

and yes, you hear far more tales of the constrictors causing harm. everyone handles them like they love their owner, and then wap, you're in a rear naked choke, tapping out. Trouble is, Big John McCarthy aint there to save your sorry ass.

Most of the people that get into the venomous hobby don't do it light heartedly, so they tend to be very responsible. But, as I said, there are always exceptions to the rules; this is how life is. But just like banning breeds of dogs because a few owners f#ck, banning the keeping of venomous snakes because of a few idiots is taking away freedoms of people.

If people want to ban exotics, they might have started 1st with most all the dogs and cats in this country, as almost all breeds are not native to America. I breed pit bulls as well, and have been around them since I was a kid, and we have a saying: Punish the deed, not the breed. I'd rather petition to have cars and alcohol taken off the streets, as both cause so many deaths a year. But blaming a car or alcohol for deaths is kind of like blaming a shovel for digging a hole Where there are humans, human error is enevitable.

Thanks Von for giving me something to rattle on about