Re: NJ lawsuit update

"Outdoors Magazine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

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> The lawsuit, brought by Saving Our Resources Today (SORT), a New
> Jersey-based animal rights organization, alleged that the New Jersey
> Division of Fish and Wildlife has issued sporting licenses to convicted
> felons.  To avoid future instances, the plaintiffs asked the court to
> suspend all hunting, fishing and trapping licenses until a background check
> system for all license buyers was put into place.  SORT filed a similar

I've been missing something in all these reports:  is there anything
in New Jersey law stating a convicted felon *can't* hold a sporting
license?  Without that, I don't see how whether they are issued
fishing or trapping licenses even begins to be relevant.  As for a
hunting license, I can see that it would be pointless for someone who
can't legally own a firearm to hold a hunting license allowing them to
take game with a firearm, but even that doesn't limit bow hunting
(unless NJ law prohibits them from owning bows, of course).

Or does the law in fact state a felon can't have a sporting license?
In which case, sorry to say, it seems to me (IANAL) the anti's have a
case (and the law should be changed).
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