ORIGINAL: 02bhntn
On closer inspection, it isn't even very clear why the law barring hunting on Sunday remains on the books except that we removed all the other Blue Laws piecemeal (usually as a result of business pressure) and have now logically gotten around to this one. I say logically because there can be no basis in civil liberty for its continuance. And furthermore, there is no question that hunting, as a recreational pastime, is as reasonable as the Sunday drive or boating or hiking or cutting wood or any of the other individual pursuits of men and women everywhere.
I do not believe that there is a conspiracy to deny the rights of hunters.But I think you've hit on the reasoning in your own statement. The numbers of hunters is limited, and only a small portion of the Commonwealths and States involved. So there is less political clout to motivate lawmakers to enact change. Business concerns could probably benifit, but in no way compared to general consumption. Evenamongthe disinterested public the support for such a repeal would be mixedwith people's impulsive opinion probably supporting the law. The advantage the other activities have is that they were not outlawed to begin with, at least not in recent history, and thus didn't require a political action to legalize them. The only constraints were social ones.