Re: No Constitutional 'Right' To Hunt, Say Animal Advocates ... fishing is on the list

Yeah, like the right to die at the hands of terrorists invaders. Dream on!

Bob Rickard


"Rich Conley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I'm sorry, but the republicans are taking way more rights away from us
right now
> than the democrats could have ever dreamed.....
>
> DMCA, Patriot Act, etc....
>
> SimRacer wrote:
>
> > LOL! They come a running, throwing out their own rhetoric when someone
tries
> > to head them off at the pass. I love it. I think they should call this
move
> > pre-emptive democracy. They're trying to get a law in place before the
> > bleeding hearts can pass one banning it, and then the bleeding hearts
come
> > out and say 'our' ideas and movement ('our' being the hunters and
fisherman)
> > are silly and absurd. Maybe they should read some of their own PR before
> > they start casting stones. I love it when the Dems (most enviro types)
get a
> > taste of their own medicine and find it sour to the palette. Reaping
what
> > they've sewn IMHO....maybe they'll start actually coming up with ideas
about
> > leading for a change instead of ideas that will get them elected and
keep
> > them in power.
> >
> > "Outdoors Magazine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > No Constitutional 'Right' To Hunt, Say Animal Advocates
> > > by ANC Staff and The Fund for Animals
> > >
> > > Posted on November 24, 2003
> > >
> > > On November 18 the House Game and Fisheries Committee passed a joint
> > > resolution (H.B. 1512) proposing to amend the state constitution to
grant
> > > residents of Pennsylvania the 'right' to hunt.
> > >
> > > The decision has provoked strong protest from The Fund for Animals, a
> > > national animal protection organization with 9,000 members and active
> > > supporters in Pennsylvania.
> > >
> > > "The constitution is a sacred document which shouldn't be used as a
> > graffiti
> > > wall for political rhetoric," The Fund's National Director, Heidi
> > Prescott,
> > > said.
> > >
> > > "To establish constitutional protections for recreational pursuits
such as
> > > hunting is not only inappropriate, but redundant." she said. "Nearly a
> > > million people already hunt in Pennsylvania without having that
'right'
> > > enshrined in the constitution."
> > >
> > > Prescott said the bill may expose the Pennsylvania Game Commission to
> > > lawsuits from hunters who do not think any restriction on hunting is
> > > reasonable - wanting larger bag limits, longer season dates, and
> > additional
> > > species to shoot.
> > >
> > > "If one special interest group is allowed to use the state
constitution
> > for
> > > its purposes, the floodgates will be opened for other groups to
follow,"
> > > said Prescott. "What's next? An amendment allowing the right to play
golf
> > or
> > > go shopping?"
> > >
> > > Only a handful of states across America have "right-to-hunt"
amendments in
> > > their constitutions. Most states have rejected such measures.
> > >
> > > "Legislators in most states - even major hunting states - have had the
> > > common sense to defeat bills granting constitutional status to sport
> > > hunting," said Prescott. "The citizens of Pennsylvania do not need to
add
> > a
> > > silly provision protecting a recreational hobby."
> > >
> > > Sources
> > > The Fund for Animals
> > > www.fund.org
> > > November 18 Press Release
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > James Ehlers
> > >
> > > Outdoors Magazine
> > > www.outdoorsmagazine.net
> > >
> > >
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