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RE: It's a shame we have come down to this

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Posted by: stu at Tue May 5 14:31:17 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by stu ]  
   

I think some of you guys are missing a big part of this picture. The AR folks don't give a rats ass how many or how few incidents there have been...they want people to not have pets...period..not cats not dogs not snakes etc....



They are not going to go away and they are not going to stop trying to get everything banned. reptiles are the animal of choice at the moment because most of the population fears them.



I don't want the gov't in my business any more than any of you do. but i don't believe for a second that the "self regulation" angle will do anything at all. The reason I say push for a permit system is because then its law and it will be harder for the AR folks to push for more strict laws when the existing laws are working. They have the resources to spend to convince lawmakers that there is a danger to the public, but if the lawmakers have already put in place a permit system there won't be a need for additional laws.



I am all about supporting the NO mentality when it comes to bans, I will make my phone calls, and I will send in my letters and emails and I will keep doing it as long as it takes. But.....I think alot of folks had best start to accept that at some point some sort of compromise will be necessary.



As for the bickering on public forums....guys...really? Do you think the AR folks are so thick they don't know what our pro and con arguments are already? The cloak and dagger mentality is what got this entire thread going in the first place because PIJAC and USARK aren't being 100% transparent and forthcoming with their plans / agendas. The conspiracy folks on the "other site" went off the freakin deep end with what PIJAC is allegedly doing....so please.....lets keep it out in the open, keep discussing and maybe we'll actually come up with ideas worth sending up the ladder to PIJAC / USARK that may help???? maybe?
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