I guess a lot depends upon where you grew up, and currently live... down here the Eastern Diamondback and especially the more aggressive Cottonmouth Moccasin used to be plentiful...before the construction boom in the 70's it was pretty common to find rattlers in the neighborhood, especially in Gopher Tortoise holes... a 2nd grade classmate lost an arm to a diamondback bite in 1955... I don't understand the argument if a $12 item can reduce possible tremendous tissue damage from a hemotoxic bite...