Sorry to hear about your loss. I hunt only on private land in Michigan because it just is not safe to hunt public lands any more. I passed by one durning gun season one time and it sounded like a small revolt. I know that not everyone was shooting at a proven target-deer. When I go out hunting I only carry my bow but if I go out on the track at my parents property up north then I carry my pistola. Not for idiots but for the bear. There are more deserving ways to make people pay for there crimes. Firearms are too good for violent criminals.