Comments on: The Decline (and Fall?) of Hunting http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/12/the_decline_and_2.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:19:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: erasmuss http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/12/the_decline_and_2.html/comment-page-1#comment-56060 erasmuss Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:08:08 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/12/the-decline-and-fall-of-hunting.html#comment-56060 ...a year ago, according to a special annual economist article, the world populous tipped from predominantly rural to metropolitan. I think this move from the rural to the metro is what has reduced the number of hunters. …a year ago, according to a special annual economist article, the world populous tipped from predominantly rural to metropolitan. I think this move from the rural to the metro is what has reduced the number of hunters.

]]> By: Tom http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/12/the_decline_and_2.html/comment-page-1#comment-56059 Tom Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:46:41 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/12/the-decline-and-fall-of-hunting.html#comment-56059 I'm not sure you actually "learned" anything by eavesdropping other than how better to eavesdrop. (You didn't get caught did you?) Pennsylvania may be a bad example in the comparison to the decline of hunting because of the recent backlash involving anger directed at the Pennsylvania Game Commission's deer management program - ie. the reduction of the deer herd. The PGC knew that when they put the new program into place it would anger some hunters who would, in protest, refuse to buy a hunting license this year. Statistics from other states doing similar things shows the decline is short-lived. Perhaps a bad year to eavesdrop. Now on to the 2nd Amendment. All your points raise good questions, all of which have been debated over many cups of coffee. Perhaps the number one mistake made by advocates for gun rights, including the NRA, was when they opted to argue FOR gun rights based on such things as hunting, self-protection, etc., when the argument should have always remained a Constitutional right, period. It will be interesting to watch the further court rulings on this issue in Washington, D.C. where arguments are now going on that the Constitution's 2nd Amendment guarantee was for "militias only". This could become very big and once again wind up at the U.S. Supreme Court. I’m not sure you actually “learned” anything by eavesdropping other than how better to eavesdrop. (You didn’t get caught did you?)

Pennsylvania may be a bad example in the comparison to the decline of hunting because of the recent backlash involving anger directed at the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s deer management program – ie. the reduction of the deer herd. The PGC knew that when they put the new program into place it would anger some hunters who would, in protest, refuse to buy a hunting license this year. Statistics from other states doing similar things shows the decline is short-lived.

Perhaps a bad year to eavesdrop.

Now on to the 2nd Amendment. All your points raise good questions, all of which have been debated over many cups of coffee.

Perhaps the number one mistake made by advocates for gun rights, including the NRA, was when they opted to argue FOR gun rights based on such things as hunting, self-protection, etc., when the argument should have always remained a Constitutional right, period.

It will be interesting to watch the further court rulings on this issue in Washington, D.C. where arguments are now going on that the Constitution’s 2nd Amendment guarantee was for “militias only”. This could become very big and once again wind up at the U.S. Supreme Court.

]]> By: Matt http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/12/the_decline_and_2.html/comment-page-1#comment-56058 Matt Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:05:14 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/12/the-decline-and-fall-of-hunting.html#comment-56058 Even though I don't personally enjoy hunting I hope that deer hunting (perhaps especially in eastern PA) won't drop too much further since we're obviously not going to re-introduce natural predators, and a large number of the deer we don't hunt will be killed by their number one un-natural predator, the automobile. That's surely to no one' advantage. Even though I don’t personally enjoy hunting I hope that deer hunting (perhaps especially in eastern PA) won’t drop too much further since we’re obviously not going to re-introduce natural predators, and a large number of the deer we don’t hunt will be killed by their number one un-natural predator, the automobile. That’s surely to no one’ advantage.

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