Gun education is good. Hunting isn't a constitutionally protected right so the hunting safety v. CC permitting class process argument doesn't work. For now we have to live with the LDWF's rules on obtaining a license. In the past few years the amount of ACCIDENTAL, bc thats lack of education, gun deaths has been under 150 for the past few years and probably longer (Numbers from the CDC are always lower so going by media numbers to be conservative). Accidental deaths in the US count for around 140,000. That means accidental gun deaths account for less than .001% of accidental deaths. Of course no one is for death, but statistically...I'd say that is reasonable. We know you're for big government and infrindgement you don't need to prove it again.

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Posted by dawg23

Baton Rouge, La

Member since Jul 2011

5065 posts

Posted on 4/20/17 at 7:04 pm to Propagandalf

You're correct - hunting and CCW are different. But both involve "keeping and bearing arms."

I'm not a historian but I'd guess that hunting was one of the first and most common uses of firearms by early European settlers on this continent. But I could surely be wrong.

My point is that I don't see how somebody can logically be against CCW training and be in favor of Hunter Safety requirements. I ran into this argument while talking with a legislator, and I didn't have an answer.

Maybe both need to be tossed out. But if your best answer is "you're for big government and infrindgement (sic) you don't need to prove it again," I don't think I'll try to pass that one along.

As another member stated, I'm not looking for a long-winded debate. If someone has a logical, objective reason for Hunter safety requirements being OK (along with hunter orange, hunting licenses, etc.) while CCW requirements aren't, I'd be interested in reading it.

Otherwise, best wishes.

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