That's true, but I can shoot the same grouse over and over. My pictures last longer than a meal.Yeah, you got that right!!!
But I find pictures just don't fry up like a breast of Ruffed Grouse.
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That's true, but I can shoot the same grouse over and over. My pictures last longer than a meal.Yeah, you got that right!!!
But I find pictures just don't fry up like a breast of Ruffed Grouse.
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You still need a license to photograph during hunting season.That's true, but I can shoot the same grouse over and over. My pictures last longer than a meal.
Some points......
First of all, I have never liked the lack of training in the USA for licensed concealed carry individuals........the requirements should be tougher, and include qualifications yearly or every two years, at the shooter's expense.
Secondly, that said, I did the math on figures offered by Josh Sugarmann in opposition to CCW. It turned out that the murder rate among CCW holders was 0.6 per 100,000.....about one-seventh that of the US population at large, and one-third the Canadian murder rate.About the same as the rate among Canadian holders of a simple Firearms License (about 0.8 per 100,000)
Josh Sugarmann: Keeping Track of Killings by Concealed Handgun Permit Holders--85 Dead So Far
7 million CCW holders. I discounted the 10 suicides that Sugarmann included.
Thirdly.....do you have some link showing the NRA fighting for unrestricted access to fully automatic weapons??? I've never heard of such a thing.
Fourth, and central to my argument......with 270 million guns in the USA, the Genie is out of the bottle. Control is essentially impossible. Therefore those people who had guns at their homes should be allowed to, with proper checks and training, carry them.
Was in my Facebook. It makes a lot of sense:
The article is a bit long so here is a direct quote from it.
The NRA promises that it "will take all necessary steps to educate the public on the sporting uses of automatic firearms"[115] and explains that "The Second Amendment is not limited by its language to the type of arms that the people have the right to own."[116] The organization supports "the right of any law abiding individuals to own any firearms, including automatic firearms."
VPC - Studies Assault Weapons & Accesories
I am afraid that I do not agree with your "genie out of the bottle" argument. Using that logic any law can remain if effect in perpetuity no matter how bad it is provided enough people support it. Carrying it to its logical conclusion if such reasoning had been followed in the past we would still have slavery, wife beating would be allowed, and witches would still be burned.
What is done can always be undone and it starts with the passage of a single law limiting the use of firearms to those who have proper training in them.
I do not accept any of your "statistics" attempting to justify the possession of firearms - they always fail in the face of overwhelming evidence that the USA has a higher rate of gun crime than any other supposedly modern nation. And as I stated in my previous post, gun ownership in the US has led to a never-ending escalation of firearm ownership in spite of solid evidence that gun ownership does little or nothing to deter crime.
The words make less sense when they're those of a nobody?
Like everyone else, I am just as shocked and saddened by this event in the United States. While I do believe that this is another issue on the never-ending debate on gun control, I also believe that this is a very big issue on mental health.
As it has been stated, the 20 year old perpetrator was known by peers to have Asperger's Syndrome, a form of Autism that is classified under a group of developmental disorders called the Autism Spectrum. I find it absolutely sad to know of this in the fact that this event has put a black mark on the disorder, where there does not need to be one.
Because of that fact, I had made a note of this on another site to try to get some message across.
As a fellow Aspie, I feel that I should remind everyone of who we are as people with Asperger's Syndrome, in amidst of the tragedy in CT.
Sure, we are not the greatest socially and yes we are a little awkward around others, but if you actually got to know just a handful of us such as myself, you would know that we are creative, intelligent and very loyal towards ourselves, others and our loved ones, as we do have the ability to care about people.
Please do not generalize us to the 20 year old in CT. Not all people with AS or Autism are the same which, in my opinion, is actually one of the best things about the Autism Spectrum. It just means that we have multiple ways to amaze, delight and attract many different people, acquaintances and friends as we go down our path of life.
RIP to all of the victims in the CT shooting. What a complete tragedy.
In Ontario, where EAO lives, you need a valid, up to date outdoors card to be on a game trail, lay in wait, stalk or otherwise track animals for the purposes of taking pictures, all year round.You still need a license to photograph during hunting season.
Having easy access to firearms does not lead to violent rampages.... easy access to firearms led to his violent rampage.
That sounds like BS. Please post a link...In Ontario, where EAO lives, you need a valid, up to date outdoors card to be on a game trail, lay in wait, stalk or otherwise track animals for the purposes of taking pictures, all year round.
For the past 4 years they have been handing out warnings, that is coming to an end.
I agree.Having easy access to firearms does not lead to violent rampages.
No, that's what you post.That sounds like BS.
Have you ever navigated the OMNR's webpage?Please post a link...
Ummm...However the combination of
1) this person's version of AS
2) social isolation
3) personal problems
and
4) easy access to firearms
were all factors leading to this person's violent rampage.
Obviously you don't.I agree.
That sounds like BS. Please post a link...
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Bingo...Check out question and answer 26 near the bottom of the page
Ask the CO - Q&A
...In Ontario, where EAO lives, you need a valid, up to date outdoors card to be on a game trail, lay in wait, stalk or otherwise track animals for the purposes of taking pictures, all year round.
Like I said.[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Clearly, anyone can simply walk around on crown (or private, with permission) land but once there is any indication that they are actively involved in 'chasing, pursuing, in search of,…" then they are liable to the requirement for a hunting licence and may be charged if they do not have one - whether or not they have a firearm! [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
What about his human rights. Unless you can get into the kid's head, not you, I, this Forum or anyone else will ever know what set him off. Were computer games some sort of reality to him? It was stupid to have the temptation about - but it would be just as stupid to let the kid know you don't trust him.That sounds like BS. Please post a link...
I agree.
This person's version of AS did not lead to his violent rampage.
This person's social isolation did not lead to his violent rampage.
This person's personal problems did not lead to his violent rampage.
This person's easy access to firearms did not lead to his violent rampage.
However the combination of
1) this person's version of AS
2) social isolation
3) personal problems
and
4) easy access to firearms
were all factors leading to this person's violent rampage.
Clearly, anyone can simply walk around on crown (or private, with permission) land but once there is any indication that they are actively involved in 'chasing, pursuing, in search of,…" then they are liable to the requirement for a hunting licence and may be charged if they do not have one - whether or not they have a firearm!I am not participating in a hunt. Therefore I do not need a hunting license.