Hunting

[0ne3]

Not sure if this is in the right place. Question? At this time a hunter is kind of the birth control for the states. Hunting generates $$$$$ for each state, so that being said. What do you think will become of hunting with so much talk about gun control?

 

[AlexanderA]

Hunting has been diminishing steadily as the country becomes more urbanized. This is bad for gun rights because hunting is universally recognized as one of the "legitimate" reasons to own a gun. Never mind that the 2nd Amendment is not about hunting.

 

[JSH1]

I don't think the current talk of gun control will have any effect on hunting. As Alexander said, hunting is diminishing due to people relocating from rural areas to cities. (I haven't hunted since I moved away from home after college.)

 

[Kano383]

Hunting thrives in countries with very strict gun control.

The future of hunting with an AR, well, I don’t know... But I wouldn’t be worried about hunting in general as far as gun control is concerned.

 

[EIB0879]

I think gun control will have a minimum effect in the short term. Like everyone else has said, urbanization is more of a factor. I see it with my own kids.

 

[Klint Beastwood]

Well if it ever gets real bad, start getting good at using a flint stone knife, a rock, and maybe a widdled down stick as a spear. At least the anti hunters then couldn’t say that fighting your food isn’t fair anymore.

 

[SoonerMedic]

I'm prepared to hunt whatever may come. I ain't talking about hunting for food either. From my cold dead hands.

 

[jmr40]

What do you think will become of hunting with so much talk about gun control?

The 2 aren't really related. Hunters have been in sharp decline for decades. Firearms manufacturers stopped catering to hunters probably 20 years ago. But, he number of "Shooters" has increased steadily. There are lots of people who show up at ranges to shoot handguns and informally and formally target shoot.

Manufacturers have shifted toward that market. This is why you see fewer and fewer rifles and shotguns made for hunting and more set up as tactical and target rifles. This is why we've seen such a rise in the popularity of AR's. They are a much better option for inexpensive shooting at firing ranges.

The future of hunting with an AR, well, I don’t know...

Maybe I'm an optimist. But I don't see the AR going anywhere. In the last 20 years it has become the most common firearm in the country. The last estimates I can find show there were around 14 million in this country and that was 5 years ago. There have to be at least 20 million out there and every time someone mentions banning them another million are sold. Just for reference, there aren't more than 14 million Marlin and Winchester 30-30's out there combined in the last 120 years.

It's going to be hard to ban a rifle that common and popular. And even if you do what are they going to do with the ones in the system. No one is going to come up with the money to buy them back from consumers and I don't even want to talk about the outcome of any type of confiscation.

I do think we could see some sort of mag capacity restrictions, raised age requirements, and tougher background checks.

 

[buck460XVR]

The future of hunting to the average American hunter will be affected very little in the future by gun control. The future of Hunting in America is mainly going to be dependent on the access to decent hunting areas by the average American Hunter. The reason most hunters get out of hunting is because they lose their hunting spot, either by urbanization or by losing access right(permission to hunt). The reason so many new hunters get frustrated and give up on hunting is the same. No where to hunt. Cost to lease property or buy property that is considered "good hunting" is very prohibitive to most folks. There are many States/ Local areas with little or no good hunting on public land and that there is, can be crowded and not provide what is considered a "quality hunting experience". Those hunters affected by proposed platform or magazine restrictions have a multitude of other options to choose from. Reduction of mag capacity is not going to make any hunter quit.

 

[FL-NC]

As the population increases, the percentage of hunters decreases, that is a fact. However, there are plenty of legit agencies in the government who support hunting as vital for the environment and various economies.

 

[Patocazador]

The only reason hunting will continue is because it makes fiscal sense to the states. As soon as the total funds generated by hunting are less than expenses, fewer opportunities will occur for hunting public land. Hunting on private land will continue longer because state game management personnel are not as involved with private land (except in Texas ).

 

[MCgunner]

So long as I have black powder or substitute and a gun to fire it (BP guns aren't considered firearms by ATF), I can hunt. Might be a pain trying to hunt in a pothole with a BP shotgun, but hey, I'll do what it takes.

BUT, I'm doing my part for the ARs......




And, of course, there are other options.

 

[Varminterror]

I started hunting with AR’s because I found a hunting application where such features were advantageous.

It will damned sure affect my hunting if AR’s are banned.

Call your congressmen, senators, Governors, and representatives. Own memberships in organizations who fight for the second amendment and the rights of firearms owners. Contribute to PAC’s supporting 2A.

I personally have no interest in being vilified or having my rights stripped because some scared liberals found enough momentum in a triggering event to pull political strings.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

^^^
Well said.