Here's how I look at it. We all drive, right. There is a speed limit every where we drive, for our safety and the safety of others, BUT yet how many of us speed.. say 5 miles per/hr. over or 10 over. I mean heck, don't you have some places in the roads you drive that the speed limit seems ridiculous. You can see for miles, no trees, no other trafic, nothing, so you go faster than the "posted speed limit" After all, your an adult and you've driven for years and you see no danger in doing so, to yourself or others, so you risk it.
Same thing with shooting. There are places that are so remote that the risk of hitting someone, something, beyond the target is less than the chance of getting struck by lightening, or winning the lotto. So, as an adult, you are able to weigh the risk factor. Heck, we are told that if we can here the thunder from a storm, we are to seek shelter because the storm is close enough that we could be struck by lightening, but yet how many of us don't run for shelter, or don't make the kids come inside. We've all heard of people getting struck by lightening when the storm was miles away!! And if you don't beleive that there are places so remote, I only wish everyone would have the chance to hunt in such a place, because there are places where it's just you and the critters. And for those of you that it is a black and white issue, more power to you. I also wonder, how many squirrel hunters wait and only shoot squirrels that are on the ground?