Posted on 06/04/2010 2:23:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Burmese pythons a no-go in Sunshine State
Gov. Charlie Crist has signed bills banning the ownership of Burmese pythons and other reptiles and requiring tracking of over-the-counter ephedrine sales.
The reptile bill (SB 318) signed Thursday prohibits importation and personal ownership of seven nonnative species.
They've become a problem in the wild when they escape or are released and one killed a child last year in Sumter County.
The ephedrine law (SB 1050) is designed to help catch those who use of the substance for making illegal methamphetamine.
Crist also signed bills loosening Florida seaport regulations so they'll be more competitive with ports in other states (HB 963) and lift restrictions on siting homes for developmentally disabled people (SB 1166).
What took them so long? Should have been done years ago. However this bill will have little effect in my opinion. There needs to be a comprehensive effort to eradicate the damn things if that’s now even possible.
Profiling pythons? Is that legal?
I guess no more, “Don’t Tread on Me.”
“Come and see the oppression inherent in the system!” /Monty Python reference
FMCDH(BITS)
Hurricane Andrew let that genie out of the bottle wayyyyy back in 92’, Charlie...
I just reposted the source’s title, per FR rules.
Violence, not oppression. :)
Those are timber rattlesnakes. ;-)
That is a bold move!
Charlie Crist, the man who brings an entirely new meaning to the Ministry of Silly Walks.
Help! I’m being repressed!
(You are correct.)
Snakeskin looks pretty good on the wall.
I once hung a 20fter for a gentleman and was surprised how nice it looked. He had the whole South American decor going on.
Seems like they had an open season on them a few months back.
The ephedrine law (SB 1050) is designed to help catch those who use of the substance for making illegal methamphetamine
Pythons? Sounds like Crist just made the Communist Chinese and the Mexican Drug Cartels richer....while making it harder for people who need ephedrine to fight allergies
Contrary to media spin....most of the crystal meth cooked up is done in Mexico....with the ChiComs providing most of the ephedrine.
Good thing I’m not in Florida, I’d have to turn in all my Python (Monty) movies...
;)
[illegal methamphetamine.]
There’s are LEGAL methamphetamine’s?
Headline fix, please.
By Rx, you betcha. Ritalin is a form of methamphetamine.
Damn, I didn’t know that, school officials tried to give that crap to my younger son. I’m glad I told them absolutely no, if I had known it was a form of meth, I probably would have punched their lights out.
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