A Few Questions?

[Drevj12]

I've always been fascinated by venomous snakes. As odd as it is for me to fall in love with a brown and tan sidewinder when my favorite kinds of nonvenomous snakes are the big and colorful caramel Burmese Pythons and Vietnamese blue beauty snakes, etc. But anyways, I was wondering if anyone here may know of someone in the southern Indiana/Kentucky area who would be willing to be a mentor and teach me to handle and keep venomous snakes. I wouldn't get one anytime soon. After all, I still don't even have the two nonvenomous dream snakes I mentioned earlier. And even in the case that I never own a hot snake of my own, I'd just love to learn and experience what goes into keeping these gorgeous animals. Lastly, and this is more hypothetical than anything because it'd be years before this could happen, but could I reasonably pick a species of rattlesnake as my first hot if I had proper training? I know Diamondbacks tend to be very short tempered and defensive, but what about other species like Blacktails or Sidewinders? Rattlesnakes are what got me intrigued with snakes in general when I was younger. I'd be just as happy to start off with a Copperhead like most people recommend, cause more snakes always means more smiles. But rattlesnakes just peak my interest a bit more. Thanks in advance for any information.