ORIGINAL: Badger_Girl93
ORIGINAL: Goodgrief
Yes there is a difference in my humble opinion. We are talking about giving safety instructions for a weapon that is designed to kill, that does not discriminate in the path of the projectile, that is left up to the brain behind the trigger. If the brain does not know how to operate this weapon it could have fatal consequences to not only the user but those around the user. I gave all my children, extensive instruction in safety and operation of the lawn mower before they used it. I am proud to say, they have never fell out of a tree stand, trying to rake leaves, with razors attached to metal sticks. HUH? Apples and Oranges.
I honestly don't know any specific stats...so excuse me for speculating. But I suspect that there are far more injuries, fatalities, and property damage from the use of lawn and garden tools than there are from bowhunting activities. Yet, lawn and garden tool safety is not managed by the state. Perhaps I am wrong....if so, my bad.
Weapon safety is taught in general hunter's ed classes (which I am in favor of), so I don't agree that a separate bow hunter specific course is required to teachweapon safety. JMO
The total number of households and commercial buildings in a state that require the use of these tools, combined with the number of operators of these intruments, I think is a much greater number, than the number of bowhunters in the state. Statistically speculating.
