Home Tattooing

Ask most die hard tattooers if they think home tattooing is a good idea and right away you'll be labeled a scratcher; this loving term basically means you are a no talent, haven't paid your dues bum. A lot of really great artists that came out of the prison scene, can't have credibility merely because of their convict status.
I've been in quite a few tattoo shops, and I must say that a really large portion are practicing bad, really bad habits. Answering phones with dirty gloves, thereby contaminating their stations. Pouring ink with dirty gloves on. You get the idea - I hope.
Now, when these "pros" violate universal precautions, cross-contaminating a plethora of shop items, isn't that the kettle calling the pot black? I mean, it's my home, and of all places, it's the one that I'm more likely to keep clean, and sterile (as is possible).
Then there's the legalities of home tattooing, but here in cali it's almost impossible to survive paying all the inflated commercial property costs, licenses (that are ridiculously high)and still put food on the table. Just between you and me sort of conversations have led me to believe that most tattooers do some sort of home "work". They may not fess up to it, but it's true none the less. Arnold, and Obama have made it almost impossible to not work out of the home.
Less overhead, more comfortable environment, and lets not forget, those sneaky peeps that forget uncle Sam, wink wink.