N3YWV....roflmao..... <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
......no WONDER semi-autos are illegal where you live... YOU GUYS ARE NUTS!! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> I like the part about cutting off the trigger finger of the father... hoooo-boy... that's good...
anyway... hunting is a tradition down here in Texas, too. There are just many different tools used to do the job. Lots of the terrain is thick, brushy stuff.. and the shots you get are likely to be quick, snap shots as the deer takes off.... not the best situation, but, it's real life... having the availability of a quick second shot,if necessary, is a distinct advantage. A VERY distinct advantage, if you happen to wander into a group of hogs that decide to depart the scene in all directions, one of which happens to be yours.... and don't talk about taking your time and making a clean killing shot.. hogs move FAST..... and in most parts of Texas, the rancher really gets upset if you see hogs and don't shoot as many of them as you can... they have achieved "severe pest" status in much of the state, as they have in many other states... even "Kalifornia"... No, a hunting gun is a tool.. a highly PRIZED tool, in many instances, but, ultimately, still a tool. To say that one is no good for hunting simply because it doesn't "look" right, or doesn't cost enough, is just elitist..snobbish...prejudiced....close-minded...... heck, probably agnostic, un-American, and anti-social.... might even be flamboyant and ambidextrous...who knows?
"Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness..those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Santayana