Herps you don't think should be kept as pets?

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Well said StudentoReptile, although in stark contrast to opinions you previously expressed, finally some common ground. I deal with so many paranoid, fundamentally anti-American, government hating nut jobs in the firearm community that I may be a bit quick to judge, but I do not think I misread you. I had a pretty good idea of who you were by the way you express yourself. In the past couple of days I've done a bit of digging and to my delight I was able to confirm most of my inklings.

From this thread:

Originally Posted by StudentoReptile

The bottom line is that this hobby HAS infringed upon on others.

Originally Posted by StudentoReptile

It only stands to reason that owning and caring for a large and/or venomous animal should require a licensing system as well.

Originally Posted by StudentoReptile

I even think large lizard species like iguanas and monitors should be regulated, but I know that's going to be a hard sell (especially iguanas).

You are clearly, by these statements at least, pro-regulation and not just willing to compromise. The first rule of war is to know your enemy. You insist the government is the enemy here but I know that you know better. I know you know better because I've been able to track down (not that is was difficult) and read many years worth of your blogs and other random postings on a variety of sites. You have said most everything I have said in this thread yourself in the past. So either your opinions have changed over the years, you are simply argumentative and/or enjoy a debate for the sake of debate (which I understand, I enjoy a good debate myself) or you actually on some level believe that people should not have the right to keep (I have a few ideas as to which and why but I am pretty sure you are going to clear it up for me shortly).

I am sure now that you and I stand on the same fundamentals on this matter (by and large at least and despite the quotes above) and will refrain from discussing these issues any further with you in this thread. I think I've made my opinions here clear, I'd like to hear from more of the community and will clear the floor.