buck, reread post. no joking about getting bit by rattlesnake. joked about shotgun and clipping kid and shooting one , but not getting bit by one. just stating a fact about getting sued. someone trespass and drowns in your swimming pool, lawsuit, you lose. it has happened. burglars have have been shot or wounded in a robbery, sued home owners and won. rather get fined from killing a rattlesnake than a lawsuit. cheaper . cya.