Coleredding00
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- Jun 1, 2024
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You sure sound like a fun person... if there is one thing that the government is good at, it is overcomplicating what should be simple and turning the mundane into the insufferable. Handing them the responsibility of testing every single hunter before they go afield annually sounds like a disaster. Imagine if everyone in the state had to go to the DMV at the same time every year and take a driving test... boy that would be a spectacle.My place my rules. Are you questioning if you would qualify? The requirements of a general shooting proficiency test would not be difficult to determine.
I believe the test should be yearly. I also believe people should have to requalify for a drivers license every other year as well as be approved to pull any type of a trailer. There are far too many morons on the road that are on bald tires, 3 lug nuts and a steering knuckle held on by a nail with no experience or knowledge of how to operate a vehicle or trailer properly. I am at a point I won’t lend my friends trailers anymore as they always come back damaged. Guns are the same. Hunting should be as well. If we reduced the number of ill equipped poorly prepared people by requiring only those that are “qualified/ trained” to operate the equipment then we would all benefit. Based on your points above, we should allow anyone to fly a commercial jet or a semi just so we are fare. I am not interested in fare. I am interested in improving hunting and shooting sports on the whole. If the qualification for entry eliminate those in the gene pool that can’t provide or won’t put in the time to learn, then I am fine with them sitting out. Survival of the fittest. Let’s raise the IQ of the gene pool, not lower it.
I am a firm believer that 90 percent of hunters take shots they have absolutely no business taking. The week before rifle opener at the public gun range is truly a sight to behold. But I don't think opening the door for more government involvement and adding one more hoop to jump through is the answer. If hunter participation drops, tag and application fees will be adjusted to compensate, God knows the government doesn't have the words "budget cut" in their vernacular.
As in all things, one has to consider the legal precedence of any action before consideration. Opening the door for regulations that could be modified later on with malicious intent is a real possibility here. Government at the state and federal level only ever know how to take more, and never give back.