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Re: S.b. 310
I guess I view it more like gun rights (yeah, I know I said I wouldn't go there...but bear with me). Now I'm not going to debate how this hobby is exactly like the gun industry or whatever, and I'm not here to debate opinions on gun rights...just hear me out.
The anti-gun lobbyists have been trying to ban gun ownership for a while. The NRA and other organizations have fight them tooth and nail each time. So what do they do? They start restricting the number of rounds in a clip, or how firearms a person can own, etc. Every time they get knocked back, they do step back...but just not as far each time. You're right, Aaron...they throw the blanket ban out there first, then when all the special interest groups get involved, the bill gets whittled away to a point where it is considered "reasonable." They are acutely aware that they cannot take it all out in one big chunk. So they nibble and whittle away a little bit each time. One state at a time. One group of animals at a time.
Again, before this Zanesville incident occurred, was there really a big exotic animal issue in Ohio? Besides this guy with mental issues (who IMHO, was purely an isolated incident), how many people in Ohio were/are keeping those big exotic animals? What was the big problem?
I suppose I just think of the big picture when there's so much more important things in this country to worry about, and the govt is a little to worried about people owning snakes.
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