The reason this comment is at the bottom is because you managed to come up with a regulatory proposal that is absolutely ridiculous to both sides of this: 1. T

The reason this comment is at the bottom is because you managed to come up with a regulatory proposal that is absolutely ridiculous to both sides of this: 1. The weird people in California who think ferrets are dangerous and/or could cause an ecological problem, and hence, think they should be banned outright. 2. Anyone who's actually ever interacted with a ferret, and thinks the idea you should be banned from owning one while you have young children, because that's a ridiculous regulatory overreach. As a note, I own literally hundreds of different items that could be lethal to my infant. My infant is in the same house as all these things! I have knives, hammers, saws, a lawnmower, all sorts of toxic cleaning supplies, numerous electric devices which connect to 120V power. Of course, as a responsible parent, I know to keep them and my infant separate. The idea that a parent can't also be responsible to not allow pets access to an infant is... absolutely ludicrous, especially when applied to a relatively safe pet like a ferret. For those who have never actually seen a live ferret: They most commonly live in cages, and are supervised when out. The videos of folks you see online where they have free roam tend to be the sort of people who have explicitly decked out one or more rooms of their house to be safe for ferrets to run around without getting hurt (which is far more likely than them hurting anyone). 90 years ago, some farmers got worried about ferrets, got a law passed in California with no justification in science, and now despite 48 other states demonstrating there's no actual risk here, supposedly enlightened progressives are scared of them. No wonder disinformation has thrived in today's tech platforms.