Originally Posted by Pmsayi

Handling venomous snakes for the shear purpose of taming or handling them is asking to get hurt and equates out to chambering a round in a handgun and putting it in your pocket. You may get away with either for awhile but sooner or later you are going to get hurt. If you feel the need to handle "hots" for pleasure this is a good sign that you are not mature enough to keep them. At the very least please don't go on a public forum and suggest such behavior to others, least of all a beginner.