I agree. For what it's worth, below is an e-mail I sent to one of the sponsors of that idiotic Rhode Island bill proposal regulating/banning just about every animal under the sun. (His response was very lame, but on the bright side it was a personal response, so I'm pretty sure he actually read my e-mail.)



From now on, I will vote in every election and vote for a 3rd party candidate. I think if everyone who wanted to vote 3rd party did the same (as opposed to thinking they are wasting a vote) did so, things might change for the better.



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Dear Senator Tassoni,



I recently became aware of the proposed legislation (S.2027) which would regulate and ban ownership of hundreds of types of pets, most of them completely harmless even under ANY circumstances. I’m wondering what possible, logical

justification can be put forth to even come up with this bill, much less put it into effect. It seems like a hysterical, knee-jerk reaction to extremely rare events such as the chimpanzee attack in Connecticut. Given that one is much

more likely to get hit by lightning than attacked/killed by an “exotic” pet, this proposed law makes no sense. It would make more sense to regulate how and when people can go outside so as to avoid getting struck by lightning.



This proposed legislation is a perfect example of why the sleeping giant of “we the people” is waking up and starting to vote out those who waste valuable time on bills such as this. Aside from personally losing your credibility, do you really want to make little Johnny’s parents get a permit to get him a pet frog or lizard??



Please shoot down this ridiculous, oppressive piece of proposed legislation. Also, if you want to see how “dangerous” boas and pythons (mostly which are not “giant” snakes) are, please spend some time with some actual owners and looking up the statistics rather than believing hype and propaganda. Here are some

statistics on “exotic” animals:



[link to site with stats]





Thanks for your time,

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