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Since there is no need to own a python, no further argument on this. If you ask why a 32-yr-old man is playing with a python and think about it long enough...perhaps... It's up to the people of Florida to decide. A lot of the snake thing has to do with such types enjoying seeing it eat rabbits which is definitely in the abnormal range of behavior and obsessions. Sadism. Not sure what the dogs vs. snakes debate is about. The case of the chimp that ate the woman in Connecticut, at least her face, is another like this. Primate experts don't recommend keeping chimps as pets either.

Maybe they should have a basic IQ test for prospective owners. If they have butt tattoos they could require carrying extra insurance and taking a training course which covers the dangers to small children. Here's the thing though - if they allow your toothless multi-tattooed neighbors to own vicious attack breeds or strange deadly, smelly critters shipped in from Africa and South America by circus people, they better let you own firearms.

There is no need to own a dog either, unless it is a service or working dog.

I’m curious though. Since you say snakes are unnecessary and potentially dangerous and therefore shouldn’t be pets, do you agree that only those who need service or working dogs should be allowed to own them? Any dog behaviorist will tell you that you should never leave any breed of dog unattended with a child, for the possibility of it mauling and/or killing the child is always there. There is no way to know whether your dog will or will not bite someone eventually. The risk is always there. Should even one child have to die by the family Golden Retriever or German Shepherd, especially when it wasn’t necessary for the family to have a dog in the first place?

Should one only be able to own a dog if there are no children in the home?

Also, to say all snake owners like watching rabbits die is no different when PETA members say all hunters are sadistic stupid oafs that love watching deer and other critters die. I’m sure some snake owners and hunters enjoy seeing animals in pain, but not all. FYI, my friends feed their meat-eating reptiles humanely killed and frozen rodents. They are killed in their sleep, much more pleasant than how the animals used in dog and cat food die.

Vicious attack breeds? Sure, if you think Golden Retrievers, German Shepherds, Huskies and Labradors are attack breeds. But I guess you would, considering all of those breeds have attacked and killed people.

Deadly critters? Considering ball pythons, cornsnakes, blue-tongued skinks and crested geckos have killed 0 people, no, I don’t consider them deadly.

They’re not my neighbors either, but my neighbor does own an aggressive black lab. Clearly this breed should be banned for public safety.