I love to, but some crummy legislation is coming down the pipe to raise already high prices on ammo. Found this on another forum.
http://www.go2gbo.com/forums/index.p...9.new.html#new
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I love to, but some crummy legislation is coming down the pipe to raise already high prices on ammo. Found this on another forum.
http://www.go2gbo.com/forums/index.p...9.new.html#new
Yes, I love to hunt, but sometimes I keep it quiet so as not to be associated w/ racist rednecks who were venting their spleen on the link you provided.
It's a constant struggle to maintain our second amendment rights. I belong to the NRA mainly to give them support in an effort to counter the gun control element. If you hunt, or shoot for fun -- then I would encourage you to also be an NRA member.
Agreed. Make no mistake about it - The gun control movement contains an element that would like nothing better than to outlaw hunting *and* fishing or anything short of bird watching (which I also enjoy.)
The "anti's" drive me crazy -- those against hunting from my prespective -- are short sighted. They think it is terrible to hunt and kill an animal or bird yet they don't seem to understand the fact that -- aside from the sport -- this is part of wildlife management. Look at what has happened to the snow geese in the north east -- their numbers have exploded and it is ruining their habitat -- in part because there are few hunters hunting them. Something like 1 million fewer federal duck stamp sales than 10 or 15 years ago.
License fees and financial contributions by hunters and fishermen to organizations like Ducks Unlimited, Trout Unlimited, FFF, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, etc. are huge and do alot to maintain habitat and further the enjoyment of the sport and wildlife.
I sometimes wonder how much the "anti's" contribute to any real conservation organization that benefits wildlife - or if their contribution is the letter writing and protesting only.
I have hunted since I was old enough to go with my Dad and Grandfather. I still enjoy going but it is not for the kill --- it is the commaradarie (sp?), scenery, excitement experienced by others - especially the younger people on their first hunt or fishing trip that I now get the enjoyment out of .
I hope the anti gun crowd doesn't put an end to this type of experience. They need to focus on how screwed up or society is and make some hard choices to mend society rather than be distracted by registering ammo and guns.
my 2 cent rant.
I have a video tape from several years ago of one of the talk shows at that time. They had Ted Nugent and a couple people from the NRA on one side and three "Anti's" against them on the other side. Ted was asked what hunters had done for wildlife and he had facts and figures to back everything the hunters and fishermen had done to help the creatures in the wild and the land itself. They then asked the "Anti's" what they had done to help. All they could come up with was what they had done to protect dogs and cats.
Just before the elections there was word going around that Obama had said if he couldn't take our guns from us he would tax the ammunition 500 percent so that we could not afford to buy ammo for our guns. Right after the election had ended and Obama had won you could not find hardly a single round of ammunition in this town or the next big town 20 miles away.
Rocky
Actually I kinda like "rednecks." My good friend is one - straight from West Virginia. You have to admire them because if someone comes along and tells you the Second Amendment is not an individual right given to us to preserve our right to self defense, it will some "good old boy" from West V or Georgia that will be a the head of the line objecting. And I will be right behind them.
God Save America (from Washington - not the state either)
Bob
i may not be a redneck by definition, but i do hold many of their beliefs close to my heart. I've never heard anyone call a redneck an elitist, so if i had to chose between being an elitist and a redneck, i choose redneck because elitists are so narrow-minded.
Fortunately for gun owners the Supremem Court ruling last summer, Heller vs. DC, eliminated a ton of the arguments. The right is individual; It is not related to sporting needs in any way; You have the right to stand your ground to defend yourself.
The details are being worked out now, but some of the changes of note; National Parks will no longer be allowed to ban guns; Firearms types will no loger be bannable (unless they can get around stringent points made by the SCOTUS); Morton Grove, IL, dropped their ban without a fight; SF Housing Authority is agreeing to relent on their ban on guns, details to follow; Incorporation (making the federal ruling binding on state law) will come slowly, but huge progress is being made.
Regardless of one's side of any Second Amendment debate, there are lots of new things happening and most old argument is moot.
art, smiling