by Jack Lee
In the news today, hunting revenues in California were down because fewer hunting licenses are being issued.
Dear Mr. and Mrs. (Ms.) Legislator let us ponder the reasons why ...
Could it be because you require a number of heavy fees and an intrusive background check just purchase a sporting rifle? (Even police officers are required to undergo a background check, how dumb is that? )
Could it be because you have passed laws that require gun owners to buy a gun safe and/or gun locks so when a burglar breaks into our homes we have to call for a "time out" so we can unlock the safe to defend ourselves? (If we don't have a safe or gun locks we become the criminals)
Could it be because hunters can't even get on a free public shooting range without traveling a 100 miles and that every square inch of land seems to be posted and off limits to hunting, including much of the so-called public land?
Could it be because you've attached the stigma that all gun owners are a bunch of Neanderthals and you teach our kids that hunting is cruel and unnecessary?
You think any of this might have something to do with a dramatic drop in your revenues?
OUTSTANDING JACK!!! And why is this issue so important, because these fees go to the conservation of our lands. That's right, hunters are some of the greatest conservationists there are. And do all of these intrusive laws on the rights of law abiding citizens have any effect on violent crime? Yes, it makes it much safer for those criminals who pay no attention to them. You don't have to worry about your perspective victim having easy access to a weapon for defense. That must be a great relief to those who haven't yet lost their right to vote because of a felony conviction.
I love this post...progressives love to pass laws to restrict and regulate law abiding citizens...they love to tax excessively....they fail to anticipate the results of their handiwork...and then they whine. Perfect!
If you think liberals didn't plan for this outcome, you could be mistaken. The deeper goals of environmental extremists is to ultimately get man out of the woods, away from nature, and corral him in the larger metropolitan areas.
By regulating hunters out of the woods, it's true that they lose some revenue. This doesn't bother them, as they can simply use the loss of revenue to demand more taxes. But this way they can sever the link between hunters and forest conservation. If hunting as a sport no longer pays for itself, more voters will be willing to outlaw it all together. If hunting is outlawed, that is one less reason for citizens to own guns. When the citizenry is disarmed, they can no longer oppose true government control of the people.
Trust me, they know full well the fruits of their labors, and that fruit is pure evil.