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| billythekidrock:
Just a reminder to all that we are never safe from the anti's. Here is a letter to the editor of my local paper, The Olympian. The original is online here http://www.theolympian.com/letters/story/170577.html Tax binoculars and tents not guns and ammunition In a recent article in The Olympian, the director of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife stated that “ensuring sustainable hunting opportunity” is one of the goals driving the department’s effort to negotiate hunting plans with Western Washington treaty tribes, and that failing to negotiate could lead to “depletion of natural resources and a loss of future hunting opportunity.” The department emphasizes “hunting opportunities” because it profits from the sale of hunting licenses and the collection of excise taxes generated from gun and ammunition sales. It has to constantly create hunting opportunities if it is to remain in business every year. It is hard to imagine a greater conflict of interest: The agency that is entrusted to protect wildlife is the same one that profits from its exploitation and destruction. As interest in hunting declines nationwide, it behooves the department to look toward the future. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, interest in hunting is steadily declining throughout the country, while wildlife watching programs are showing explosive growth and the ability to support an economy that far surpasses the current one dependent on weapons and violence. Let’s repeal the Pittman-Robertson tax and replace it with a similar tax on items such as binoculars, backpacks, tents, and other outdoor-related equipment. Funds collected from these taxes can be dedicated toward the preservation of wildlife and the areas where they live. Joe Miele, vice president, Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting You can find out more about this group here http://www.all-creatures.org/cash/home.html |
| Hermit:
Lots of people are mentally unstable........ He's welcome to his opinion reguardless of how narrow minded and ignorant it is. The "Hunting Accident" section is kind of kool, though. {Be better if HE was included in it } |
| Ray:
It wouldn't hurt my feelings if someone put a missile into the web server which is hosting that site. :chuckle: Someone should consider writing a rebuttal to his letter. What a joke. Tax binos and tents. That just proves the level of mental midgetry which is running the show over there. |
| Hermit:
7 or 8 of us should register....... Pretend to be Vegan soccer moms, then slowly take over......... Destroy em from the inside....... But really,This is so dumb, it'll die out on it's own. |
| billythekidrock:
I did start to write one, but I got so frustrated at retards like him that I came off real bad. I may re-word it. |
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