>> And it is certainly not gov't job to say that it is and regulate it.

Definitely! Especially not at the federal level. Let's never forget the Tenth Amendment.

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

I've read the Constitution several times and I sure don't remember congress getting the right to say what type of pets someone can keep. So if a law passes it's probably unconstitutional, it's just too bad that no judge will ever say so.

My state (MO) already has laws about what snakes I can keep. Any federal law would encroach on my rights from the state. Right now I can keep anything I want. The only exceptions are if I want more than 5 native species or any native venomous species I'd need a permit. Everything else is fair game, that means cobras, vipers, huge pythons/anacondas or a saltwater croc, etc.

I love these types of congressional power grabs--the ones that are veiled under the guise of identifying and the fixing "problems". Problems that my state government for some reason couldn't see or address. Give me a break!
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