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It seems pretty simple to me.1. We have a lawful right to carry.2. We also have laws preventing the pistol to be used in any way for the archery or muzzleloader hunt.3. We have law enforcement and a poachers hotline to take care of those who break the law.When laws are managed to make enforcement easier, rights are lost.
Quote from: bearpaw on July 30, 2009, 12:42:58 PMIt seems pretty simple to me.1. We have a lawful right to carry.2. We also have laws preventing the pistol to be used in any way for the archery or muzzleloader hunt.3. We have law enforcement and a poachers hotline to take care of those who break the law.When laws are managed to make enforcement easier, rights are lost. Dale with all due respect, you're 10x the outdoorsman i am, but if you really think that #'s 2 and 3 have an impact on the thinking of a guy who decides to use his pistol to cheat, i think you're sadly waaaayyyyy wrong.we have laws preventing poaching, but do they work? nope...again, i would love to carry a pistol during archery just in case i run into a bunch of tweekers, and clearly see it's our right to carry a gun, but it's an incredibly slippery slope. the right to carry that pistol just increased the odds of a guy who's thinking about cheating to actually cheat.
It seems pretty simple to me.1. We have a lawful right to carry.2. We also have laws preventing the pistol to be used in any way for the archery or muzzleloader hunt.3. We have law enforcement and a poachers hotline to take care of those who break the law.When laws are managed to make enforcement easier, rights are lost. Dale with all due respect, you're 10x the outdoorsman i am, but if you really think that #'s 2 and 3 have an impact on the thinking of a guy who decides to use his pistol to cheat, i think you're sadly waaaayyyyy wrong.we have laws preventing poaching, but do they work?
Peer pressure by responsible hunters is making a difference, I do not beleive poaching is near as accepted as it was 10 or 20 years ago. If we create laws to do all enforcement Kain is right, they will need to take away the guns from everyone....
If they did that, poaching would still take place. There are LOTS of ways to poach wildlife without a firearm. Unethical folks will always find a way.