And help to drive a wedge into the reptile community during a time when we need to be standing together. You're thinking short term, and that's a mistake I keep seeing people make. Yes, a lot of people can't properly keep the giant snakes, and it horrifies me when anyone with 20 bucks and admission to a herp show can buy a baby burm, but that doesn't mean we should throw the giant keepers under the bus to save our own hides. There are people that CAN properly keep them, and to punish them because of the acts of others is wrong. We need to regulate ourselves better, not turn on each other. And if you think people would stop at just the giant snakes, you're sadly mistaken. There are people who don't want you to have any reptiles at all. So when you alienate the people who keep the big snakes, and two years from now some new legislation comes through for more snakes, including balls, do you think those people are going to write any letters or make any calls? Everyone that kept those big snakes is going to tell you you're on your own. and then maybe the people that keep geckos and turtles say "well, if we give them the snakes, they'll leave us alone". A few years later, someone starts some BS about salmonella from reptiles, and now the snake people aren't going to help those people. Think further ahead than right now. We as a community need to look past the crap of who keeps what and just say we're all herpers, and we need to stick together and fight unjustifiable legislation.

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