There are radicals on both sides of this issue that get
totally carried away. I've hunted for more than 50 years and have never felt the need or desire to have a firearm with more than a 15 round capacity. For the good of hunting in the future, I think some degree of reasonable, intelligent middle ground needs to be reached. My suggestion to the original poster is your missing out on a great opportunity here, this is just a wonderful excuse to go out and buy another firearm. Who on this forum doesn't enjoy that experience. If anyone wants to come take my reasonably legitimate firearm for hunting, they will pry it from my cold fingers--- in the meantime I'm more than happy to be reasonable myself and seek middle ground. Happy Hunting To All |
The 15 round clip issue aside, there are some other bad issues to this law. From what I understand, you can not lend your rifle to anyone without getting a background check on them. So if you go hunting with a friend and your rifle jams, firing pin breaks, etc, you are just SOL?
And kids under 18 are not allowed to purchase a gun, so do you have to do a background check on your son before giving him/ lending him your gun for hunting? And how are they going to enforce this law unless they make it mandatory to register your guns, so they can prove you lent it to someone? Otherwise they could never prove that you bought or borrowed a gun...... |
Again, lets be reasonable, I'm sure the intent is you can't
lend a gun to someone that then goes out and commits a crime with it. Does anyone really think someone is going to be out in the woods where your hunting to see if you borrowed a gun from a hunting friend because yours wasn't functional for some reason or that your son or daughter is using one of your firearms. I don't think so. I would agree that there should be changes to the law if people within the family can't use other family members weapons legally. |
Originally Posted by txhunter58
(Post 4045305)
The 15 round clip issue aside, there are some other bad issues to this law. From what I understand, you can not lend your rifle to anyone without getting a background check on them. So if you go hunting with a friend and your rifle jams, firing pin breaks, etc, you are just SOL?
And kids under 18 are not allowed to purchase a gun, so do you have to do a background check on your son before giving him/ lending him your gun for hunting? And how are they going to enforce this law unless they make it mandatory to register your guns, so they can prove you lent it to someone? Otherwise they could never prove that you bought or borrowed a gun...... |
Children have to be accompanied by an adult anyway. That means you don't drop your kid off on the side of the mountain and leave him/her alone. That means you have to be with them 24/7 anyway so they won't actually be alone with your rifle in the first place.
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If anyone has the desire to voice a protest, perhaps it would be better to boycott the products of some company that supports the new law.
The folks that make the most profit from visiting hunters are local merchants, outfitters, hotels, etc. These are generally not the folks that support these types of laws. These folks are usually big supporters of hunters and shooters. It makes absolutely no sense to boycott hunting. |
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Originally Posted by Chopayne
(Post 4045316)
How good of an understanding do you have? Seems like youre gathering off of rumors, hearsay, and bits and pieces
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Originally Posted by Blackelk
(Post 4045324)
Children have to be accompanied by an adult anyway. That means you don't drop your kid off on the side of the mountain and leave him/her alone. That means you have to be with them 24/7 anyway so they won't actually be alone with your rifle in the first place.
2. Hunters younger than 16 must be accompanied by a mentor who is 18 or older and also meets hunter education requirements. Mentors don’t have to hunt. Youths and hear each other while hunting.mentors must be able to see and |
Originally Posted by w123t
(Post 4045308)
Again, lets be reasonable, I'm sure the intent is you can't
lend a gun to someone that then goes out and commits a crime with it.. |
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