one reason you need a gun in Florida

Imagine opening your hood and discovering this ... and in Florida there is a good chance of it.  Some 144,000 of the invasive Burmese pythons are estimated to have been imported there in the last couple of decades, and after the owners have had enough of them, most get dumped, typically in the Everglades.  There are plenty of other snake species including poisonous ones that have been routinely dumped too, and they are now a real problem. Like pests such as rabbits and possums in NZ, shooting them is the quickest and most environmentally friendly way of dealing with them. Just be super careful when handling guns - and in this case shoot the snake's head on the ground after you have got it there...