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From: chip@vaxwaller.UUCP (Chip Kozy)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: rec.birds
Keywords: Hunting
Message-ID: <1872@vaxwaller.UUCP>
Date: 6 Sep 88 18:11:57 GMT
References: <8672@ihlpb.ATT.COM>
Organization: Varian Instruments, Walnut Creek CA
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In article <8672@ihlpb.ATT.COM>, kan@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Casali) writes:
. 
. I hate to see all this anti hunting stuff come in this group.
. So much is said by such groups about hunters and hunting.
. We are not talking illegal hunting....

	But I am!  The area in question is within city limits, and is
"dedicated open space".  The "hunting" and discharge of firearms in the
area is _illegal, and highly dangerous being that homes, roads and a 
golf course are well within the range of an errant bullet.  Most of the
potential "targets" are off limits anywayy!  

. .... much deleted about the merits of _legal_ hunting...

	I agree that on a _case_by_case_ basis legal and controlled hunting
can be a boon to nature.  What concerns me is the indiscriminate use of
firearms in prohibited areas by person/s that have no idea what they are
doing...as in "hunting" ground squirrels with a .44 magnum!  I don't like
gun control, I have nothing against _legal_ hunting, but I've got this 
real problem with idiots going out and playing weekend Rambo in an area
that is neither set aside nor appropriate for this usage.  I hope that
clarifies my position somewhat.

					Sto lat;
					Chip
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