Done.
FWIW, I'd sure be up for a sensible and focused legislative discussion about restricting certain imports and interstate transport and species possession in the interest of environmental safety. But a sensible discussion is going to have to admit that cats and cattle are more environmentally destructive than any number of herps (outside Florida and Hawaii, perhaps), and since virtually no one is going to go down that logical path then that idea is moot.
That sensible discussion would also have to take on board the idea that "states rights" is a relevant stance in some situations (local environmental concerns), and not in others (regional/national/global environmental concerns; civil rights), but the fact that there is a bit of subtlety involved may be too much for many constituents of both flavors (why are there only two? Perhaps that's the root of the problem here) to comprehend.
Yeah, the "white list" idea makes me want to shout down my telescreen.