Pawpaw posted;
Respectfully, I disagree. To the contrary, I think that it is the duty of every citizen to question the law, whether it may be pubic safety or not. We are not free to ignore the law, but we are certainly have a duty to question the law. We also have a duty to write, call, email, and generally raise hell at our elected officials to change laws that might be inimical to the freedoms we all share.
Respectfully back,
I agree with you that as an individual we have every right, thankfully to complain about anything we don't like, however as a hunter, we as a group need to use our very best judgments and morals to be the safest and knowledgeable group of people there is.
We owe it to our children(hunters of the future) to do the right thing at all times.
I posted my opinion after reading this post by Daekar;
I mean honestly... do you think that killing a deer after sunset is morally wrong? What about shooting geese with a 22 or using a 30.06 for deer in Indiana? Game laws are so far from being linked with morality that it's not even funny.
1.Shooting a deer after sunset is illegal. Why would this even be questioned?
What good do we bring to our brother and sister hunters to debate this??
2.Shooting Geese with a 22 (I will read that to mean a .22 rim-fire for no better reason than i assume that is what you are referring to.
Federal waterfowl regulations control this across the nation and shooting a bullet at water is so wrong we need not go on, and of course Geese are also hunted on land and a .22 bullet will travel 1.5 miles or more. How long before you end up killing someone because of your desires?
3.MN also has rifle free zones below the tree line of the state. That rule I am positive is written in the blood of innocent members of our great country both hunters and non-hunters alike.
So I will again state, "Questioning Public safety laws is in itself unethical"
Not that I haven't done just that. My 1st year Elk hunting in the Great State of Colorado I was upset because the regulations forbid the wearing of camouflage safety apparel. I had just bought a big Blaze cammo hunting parka and I couldn't wear it in Colorado, however I could legaly wear a blaze orange mesh vest although it was recommended against, but I attached that mesh vest to the parka with snaps and wore it like that.
Then during that 3rd rifle season I heard several hunters moving through the area I was in and from an elevated position I had a very hard time spotting them because there 10-20 year old solid colored vest was not seen at all from the side and my full sleeve cammo parka was much more visible.