Wow my brain hurts.....

So what some of you are saying is that before an adult human being can shoot a bow and arrow, not a gun....but a primitive weapon...he needs to be REQUIRED, to have a MANDATORY class (read approval) by the state beyond what the state already mandates for hunters safety. Our culture is wacked.

Can you see the American Indians saying...before you hunt in our woods young brave visiting from another tribe...we want you to take a course on safety and pass a proficieny test...lol...

What many of you are missing is everyone on this thread supports the class..supports further education...supports training new hunters... Some of us do not think our rights should be taken away untill we get approval from the state to do something that has been a right since the dawn of man. I don't feel like the state should have to put thier stamp of approval on me in order for me to practice "primitive weapon hunting". Further, if I was a anti hunting lawyer, the VERY BEST THING that could happen in my opinion is any restriction of hunting, such as required/mandated courses for bowhunting. Anything for bigger government, less hunters and more restrictions.

My argument would be "if bow hunting is so dangerous, that the state requires a mandated proficiecy test, safety course, special class before you can use a BOW and ARROW" how much more should the public be worried about hunters using high powered rifles. Shouldn't we require proficeny tests with those? Shouldn't we do background checks before we let people go into the woods to "hunt" with weapons that are far more powerfull than a stick with an arrow? I would pound my chest.... point at the accidents that happen each year with bow and arrow hunting (very low, not including tree stand falls) compared to rifle hunting (much higher) and declare that for the publics saftey we must have more legislation so we know what/where/who is doing with high powered rifles. IF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS SO IRRESPONISBLE THAT THEY CANNOT, WITH OUT THE STATES INTERVENTION/APPROVAL, OPERATE A BOW AND ARROW THEN HOW CAN THEY BE EXPECETED TO BE TRUSTED WITH A HIGH POWERED RIFLE? (there I shouted ) Don't think for one second I couldn't spin that like crazy if I was an anti hunter lawyer.

Do those of you who support mandatory classes see how very little faith you put in the the general population of this country? If you do not see that your view of the average joe American is poor, you might want to revisit your values. You are basicly saying, hey, I think the government should take care of them and me...cause we can't do it......its shamefull. If you walked into a Texas 3d bow shoot and stated..."Before any of you guys hunt this year we want you to take a course, pass at profienciey test and have it state approved becuase we don't think any of you are responsible enough to hunt without our intervention"...the looks you would get... but here you are stating that nationally...in every state...thats what should happen.

The very thing you support in order to promote our sport will be the very thing they use against you....

You might say..well...this is mandated for those few who need it but won't take it, not people who go to 3d shoots they of course dont need it but must take it anyway because its mandated... So basicly you are a socialist....everyone suffers in order to cater to the few...or the fears of the few..about what might happen to the few....sigh....[:@]

Eventually, I will have a license to bowhunt, drive, ride a bike, skateboard, surf, ski (with a special class and profiency test to snowboard cause the skiing test was not safey specific enough for snowboarding), rappel, mountain climb, sky dive, drive a quad or off road vehicle, ride a horse (very dangerous in someterrain and if I do itwrongharmfull to animals so lets not forget that activity)or do anything that is moderately dangerous and might cause harm or be deemed to possiblycauseto myself or others. We will license and certifyeveryone as to not offend anyones sense of safety and try to calm all fears.


Furthermore, as to the afformentioned court case huckleberry pinned badger girl in the corner with, I could win that case. Or in the absense of 12 logicaly minded individuals hang the jury.

Flame away....donning asbestos undies...