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From: gmm@bunker.UUCP (Gregory M. Mandas)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Rsk on guns and hunters
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Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 15:24:21 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 24 15:24:21 1984
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It has been said:

>	"What about the legitimate hunters?", I hear you say.  Too bad.
>	Small price to pay for eradicating firearms, methinks.  Anyway,
>	they could try catching something like a deer on even terms, i.e.
>	bare-handed.  That would be a fair fight, and might make it more of 
>	a sport and less of a slaughter.
>-- 
>Rsk the Wombat

Rsk,

You knew it was comming, so here it is.

If you check your facts you will find out that hunters pay the vast 
majority of animal conservation through taxes and license fees, Not
to mention the work done by such groups as the Issac Walton league.
Ducks Unlimited sets aside land and in conjenction with the local 
states Dept. Natural Resources monitors the number of game animals
available and sets limits.

You will also find that through these efforts, of game habitat restoration,
the number of game animals in states like New Jersey, Ohio and Penn. have
increased form near none to over population as the amount of game lands
are decreasing. 

Such monitoring of land also helps the non-game animals survive. The
above is also true for fishing.

Yes I own guns. No I have not been hunting for over 5 years. I know I
am supplying the net with the hunter/killer point of view for flames,
but someone had to do it.

If I find you in my home one night, when I and my pregnant wife are asleep. 
I will find out the nature of your visit and if it endangers my or my 
families' lives, I will shoot your ass dead.

As for the guy in the McDonalds, If he is found not guilty on grounds
of insanity he should spend life in the nut house, instead of the State
Penn. If he gets back on the streets, the judge that let him out should
serve the rest of the life sentence.

Greg Mandas
ittvax!bunker!gmm